An understanding of animal behaviour is important if conservation initiatives are to be
effective. However, quantifying the behaviour of wild animals presents significant …

Camera traps are increasingly used to study wildlife ecology and inform conservation, but
valid inference depends on appropriate data analysis. This article introduces the most …

Competition theory and niche theory suggest that two morphologically similar species may
coexist by reducing the overlap of at least one dimension of their ecological niche. The …

Predation risk affects prey species' behavior, even in the absence of a direct threat, but
human‐induced environmental change may disturb ecologically significant predator–prey …

M adagascar's E upleridae carnivores are perhaps the least studied and most threatened
family of C arnivora. Investigating potential direct and indirect competition among these …

The wide-ranging, cumulative, negative effects of anthropogenic disturbance, including
habitat degradation, exotic species, and hunting, on native wildlife has been well …

Protected areas (PA) aim to eliminate many of the threats that species face on the greater
landscape. In the last three decades, PA's have expanded considerably; however …

Human populations continue to increase and encroach on remaining natural habitats
worldwide, resulting in greater numbers and larger ranges of commensal exotic carnivores …

The spatial aggregation of species pairs often increases with the ecological similarity of the
species involved. However, the way in which environmental conditions and anthropogenic …

Disentangling the role of competition in regulating the distribution of sympatric species can
be difficult because species can have different habitat preferences or time use that introduce …