Both fire and predators have strong influences on the population dynamics and behaviour of
animals, and the effects of predators may either be strengthened or weakened by fire …

Herbivores are regulated by predation under certain environmental conditions, whereas
under others they are limited by forage abundance and nutritional quality. Whether top-down …

The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with
the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's …

Although high rates of anthropogenic mortality are often reported for carnivores near reserve
borders, the resulting edge effects are rarely quantified, and the consequences on …

A major challenge in carnivore conservation worldwide is identifying priority human–
carnivore conflict sites where mitigation efforts would be most effective. Spatial predation risk …

Fear of predation can have major impacts on the behaviour of prey species. Recently the
concept of the ecology of fear has been defined and formalised; yet there has been relatively …

Numerous techniques have been proposed to estimate carnivore abundance and density,
but few have been validated against populations of known size. We used a density estimate …

Abstract Panthera pardus (leopard; Linnaeus, 1758) is the smallest of the 4 large felids in
the genus Panthera. A solitary and adaptable species, P. pardus is the widest ranging of all …

Cooperative hunting is believed to have important implications for the evolution of sociality
and advanced cognitive abilities. Variation in the level of hunt organisation amongst species …

In predator–prey theory, habitat heterogeneity can affect the relationship between kill rates
and prey or predator density through its effect on the predator's ability to search for …