The acute decline in global biodiversity includes not only the loss of rare species, but also
the rapid collapse of common species across many different taxa. The loss of pollinating …

Iran lies at the southernmost range limit of brown bears globally. Therefore, understanding
the habitat associations and patterns of population connectivity for brown bears in Iran is …

Large carnivores have long fascinated human societies and have profound influences on
ecosystems. However, their conservation represents one of the greatest challenges of our …

Outdoor recreation in natural areas has become an increasingly popular activity globally, yet
the long-term effects on wildlife are poorly known. Reconciling human access to nature and …

Climate change is one of the major challenges to the current conservation of biodiversity.
Here, by using the brown bear, Ursus arctos, in the southernmost limit of its global …

The conservation of carnivores (order Carnivora) can lead to the conservation of other
species as well as entire ecosystems since they play an important ecosystemic role …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools in ecology and conservation.
Choosing the right environmental drivers and filtering species' occurrences taking their …

Artificial food supplementation of wildlife is an increasing practice for species conservation,
as well as for hunting and viewing tourism. Yet, our understanding of the implications of …

Aim Decades of research on species distributions has revealed geographic variation in
species‐environment relationships for a given species. That is, the way a species uses the …

To address biodiversity decline in the era of big data, replicable methods of data processing
are needed. Automated methods of individual identification (ID) via computer vision are …