Towns and trails drive carnivore movement behaviour, resource selection, and connectivity

J Whittington, M Hebblewhite, RW Baron, AT Ford… - Movement ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Global increases in human activity threaten connectivity of animal habitat and
populations. Protection and restoration of wildlife habitat and movement corridors require …

Advances in biologging can identify nuanced energetic costs and gains in predators

HM English, L Börger, A Kane, S Ciuti - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Foraging is a key driver of animal movement patterns, with specific challenges for predators
which must search for mobile prey. These patterns are increasingly impacted by global …

Predicting fine‐scale distributions and emergent spatiotemporal patterns from temporally dynamic step selection simulations

SW Forrest, D Pagendam, M Bode, C Drovandi… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting animal movement is fundamental to ecology and
conservation management. Models that estimate and then predict animal movement and …

Geographic barriers but not life history traits shape the phylogeography of North American mammals

AJ Jensen, MV Cove, BR Goldstein… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Synthesize literature on genetic structure within species to understand how geographic
features and species traits influence past responses to climate change. Location North …

Habitat fragmentation reduces survival and drives source–sink dynamics for a large carnivore

AC Nisi, JF Benson, R King… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rigorous understanding of how environmental conditions impact population dynamics is
essential for species conservation, especially in mixed‐use landscapes where source–sink …

Humans and traffic influence European wildcat behaviour in pastoral landscapes

H Ruiz-Villar, A Morales-González, JV López-Bao… - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Human presence increased time spent alert and reduced foraging
behaviour.•Wildcats spent more time hunting in scenarios with high traffic and closer to …

[HTML][HTML] Feral cats use fine scale prey cues and microhabitat patches of dense vegetation when hunting prey in arid Australia

KE Moseby, HM McGregor - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduced predators are one of the leading causes of decline in island vertebrates.
Understanding how they hunt and kill threatened prey can help improve management …

Anthropogenic activities and age class mediate carnivore habitat selection in a human-dominated landscape

LEK Serieys, JM Bishop, MS Rogan, JA Smith… - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Human activities increasingly challenge wild animal populations by disrupting ecological
connectivity and population persistence. Yet, human-modified habitats can provide …

Response to human-modified landscape of an apex consumer: Sex-and season-related variations in road selection and movement pattern

SY Baek, A Shimazaki, A Zedrosser… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recovery of apex consumers increases the need for coexistence efforts, and it is
important to understand how apex consumers respond to human-modified landscapes …

Puma responses to unreliable human cues suggest an ecological trap in a fragmented landscape

AC Nisi, JF Benson, CC Wilmers - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animals' fear of people is widespread across taxa and can mitigate the risk of human‐
induced mortality, facilitating coexistence in human‐dominated landscapes. However …