Aim The recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe has been explained as resulting from
a decrease in human persecution driven by widespread rural land abandonment, paralleled …

The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation.
Using a data set on the past and current status of brown bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx …

During the last century humans have dramatically accelerated alterations and loss of
biodiversity worldwide. Changes to our planet's ecosystems by Humans go back tens of …

Conservation biology is designed to identify pressing environmental problems and to solve
them. This review evaluates the relative effort of conservation biology in problem-based and …

Deleterious mutations continuously accumulate in populations, building up a burden that
can threaten their survival, particularly in small populations when inbreeding exposes …

Harvest by means of hunting is a commonly used tool in large carnivore management. To
evaluate the effects of harvest on populations, managers usually focus on numerical or …

The last century has seen a dramatic reversal in the status of large carnivores in Europe. A
suite of co-occurring factors has permitted a large-scale recovery of most populations. We …

The greatest threat to the protected Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Central Europe is human‐
induced mortality. As the availability of lynx prey often peaks in human‐modified areas, lynx …

Disentangling the contribution of long‐term evolutionary processes and recent
anthropogenic impacts to current genetic patterns of wildlife species is key to assessing …

Understanding the role of predation in shaping the dynamics of animal communities is a
fundamental issue in ecological research. Nevertheless, the complex nature of predator …