Disturbance is a key driver of community assembly and patterns of diversity. Whereas
successional changes in vegetation have been well‐studied, postdisturbance successional …

Coat color and pattern are a distinguished feature in mammalian carnivores, shaped by
climatic cycles and habitat type. It can be expressed in various ways, such as gradients …

The red leopard (Panthera pardus) colour morph is a colour variant that occurs only in South
Africa, where it is confined to the Central Bushveld bioregion. Red leopards have been …

Understanding factors that influence the viability of populations is central to conservation
biology. Small and isolated populations have elevated risk of extinction due to demographic …

Human disturbance and climate change can impact populations by disrupting movement
corridors and reducing important habitat. Characterizing how animals respond to such …

Many of the 8 extant bear species have large ranges, yet range-wide studies of genetic
diversity are often impractical because of logistic challenges or focus on local questions …

Variation in coat colour within mammal species is of enduring interest, likely because of its
potential to be either adaptive or maladaptive. Coat colour in the genus Lynx tends to be …

The landscape along the northwest coast of North America structures species populations in
and around Southeast Alaska. Brown bears (Ursus arctos) and American black bears (U …