[HTML][HTML] iDNA from terrestrial haematophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool–prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed

IB Schnell, R Sollmann, S Calvignac-Spencer… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - Springer
Invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) from terrestrial haematophagous leeches has recently
been proposed as a powerful non-invasive tool with which to detect vertebrate species and …

Noninvasive sampling and genetic variability, pack structure, and dynamics in an expanding wolf population

R Caniglia, E Fabbri, M Galaverni… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
After centuries of population decline and range contraction, gray wolves (Canis lupus) are
now expanding in Europe. Understanding wolf social structure and population dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Multilocus Detection of Wolf x Dog Hybridization in Italy, and Guidelines for Marker Selection

E Randi, P Hulva, E Fabbri, M Galaverni, A Galov… - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Hybridization and introgression can impact the evolution of natural populations. Several wild
canid species hybridize in nature, sometimes originating new taxa. However, hybridization …

Population closure and the bias‐precision trade‐off in spatial capture–recapture

P Dupont, C Milleret, O Gimenez… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial capture–recapture (SCR) is an increasingly popular method for estimating ecological
parameters. SCR often relies on data collected over relatively long sampling periods. While …

Genome sequencing and conservation genomics in the Scandinavian wolverine population

R Ekblom, B Brechlin, J Persson, L Smeds… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic approaches have proved valuable to the study and conservation of endangered
populations, especially for monitoring programs, and there is potential for further …

Genetic tagging in the Anthropocene: scaling ecology from alleles to ecosystems

CT Lamb, AT Ford, MF Proctor, JA Royle… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene is an era of marked human impact on the world. Quantifying these
impacts has become central to understanding the dynamics of coupled human‐natural …

The role of predation and food limitation on claims for compensation, reindeer demography and population dynamics

T Tveraa, A Stien, H Brøseth… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A major challenge in biodiversity conservation is to facilitate viable populations of large apex
predators in ecosystems where they were recently driven to ecological extinction due to …

Reproductive patterns result from age‐related sensitivity to resources and reproductive costs in a mammalian carnivore

GR Rauset, M Low, J Persson - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although the effects of individual age, resource availability, and reproductive costs have
been extensively studied to understand the causes of variation in reproductive output, there …

Multiple density‐dependent processes shape the dynamics of a spatially structured amphibian population

H Cayuela, BR Schmidt, A Weinbach… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the mechanisms that regulate the dynamics of spatially structured
populations (SSP) is a critical challenge for ecologists and conservation managers. Internal …

Monitoring wolves (Canis lupus) by non-invasive genetics and camera trapping: a small-scale pilot study

M Galaverni, D Palumbo, E Fabbri, R Caniglia… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Monitoring populations of elusive large carnivores like wolves (Canis lupus), which are often
distributed at low density in widespread forested areas, is difficult or exceedingly expensive …