Wildlife management in modern environments has to contend with an inheritance of faunal
and landscape changes caused by humans which affect the relationships between …

Exclusion fencing is a common tool used to mitigate a variety of unwanted economic losses
caused by problematic wildlife. While the potential for agricultural, ecological and economic …

Quantifying the relative impacts of top‐down vs. bottom‐up control of ecosystems remains a
controversial issue, with debate often focusing on the perennial question of how predators …

Abundant native vertebrates, which we define as those that have increased in abundance
due to human‐induced changes in communities or ecosystems, have contributed to the …

The threatened population of Atlantic Coast piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) has
increased under intensive management of predation and disturbance. However, the relative …

Evidence suggests that nest predation is a serious problem for the conservation of bird
populations. Managers are, therefore, faced with decisions of whether to intervene to reduce …

Recreational activities in nature have increased considerably in recent decades. Human
disturbance may trigger similar trade‐offs in birds that the natural risk of predation generates …

Waders breeding on lowland wet grassland have undergone dramatic declines across
Europe in recent decades. Few species now achieve the levels of breeding success …

The reproductive success of the Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) nesting on
beaches in central Monterey Bay, California, was monitored before (1984 to 1990) and …

Invasive predators pose a significant risk to bird populations worldwide. Humans have a
long history of removing predators from ecosystems; current island restoration actions …