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Staging behaviours identify spatial and temporal risk of human-wildlife conflict.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Hahn, N. R. & Wall, J. & Denninger-Snyder, K. & Sairowua, W. & Goss, M. & Ndambuki, S. & Eblate, E. & Mbise, N. & Kiambi, S. & Wittemyer, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat conversion to farmland has increased human-wildlife interactions, which often lead to conflict, injury or death for people and animals. Unders...

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Humans drive spatial variation in mortality risk for a threatened wolf population in a Canis hybrid zone.

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Benson, J. F. & Mahoney, P. J. & Wheeldon, T. J. & Thompson, C. A. & Ward, M. E. & McLaren, A. A. D. & Desy, G. E. & Fryxell, J. M. & Patterson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large carnivores often exhibit high survival rates in protected areas, whereas intentional and unintentional human-caused mortality may be greater in ...

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Alleviating human-wildlife conflicts: identifying the causes and mapping the risk of illegal poisoning of wild fauna.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Mateo-Tomás, P. & Olea, P. P. & Sánchez-Barbudo, I. S. & Mateo, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Illegal human behaviour such as those affecting natural resource use or resulting from human-wildlife conflicts threaten the sustainable management of...

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Human activities and biodiversity opportunities in pre-industrial cultural landscapes: relevance to conservation.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Fuller, R. J. & Williamson, T. & Barnes, G. & Dolman, P. M. & MacNally, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation practices in Europe frequently attempt to perpetuate or mimic the 'traditional' forms of management of semi-natural habitats, but with a ...

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Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Svolkinas, L. & Holmes, G. & Dmitrieva, L. & Ermolin, I. & Suvorkov, P. & Goodman, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Illegal fishing for high value species in artisanal fisheries drives incidental catch and declines of marine mammals and other large vertebrates of co...

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Density trends and demographic signals uncover the long-term impact of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Lazenby, B. T. & Tobler, M. W. & Brown, W. E. & Hawkins, C. E. & Hocking, G. J. & Hume, F. & Huxtable, S. & Iles, P. & Jones, M. E. & Lawrence, C. & Thalmann, S. & Wise, P. & Williams, H. & Fox, S. & Pemberton, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring the response of wild mammal populations to threatening processes is fundamental to effective conservation management. This is especially tr...

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Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Karanth, K. U. & Gopalaswamy, A. M. & Kumar, N. S. & Srinivas Vaidyanathan & Nichols, J. D. & MacKenzie, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing spatial distributions of threatened large carnivores at landscape scales poses formidable challenges because of their rarity and elusiveness...

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Distinguishing between the nests of sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Sanz, C. & Morgan, D. & Strindberg, S. & Onononga, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Our current inability to estimate precisely the population sizes of chimpanzees and gorillas across much of the Congo Basin has been detrimental to th...

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Assessing habitat quality for conservation using an integrated occurrence-mortality model.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Falcucci, A. & Ciucci, P. & Maiorano, L. & Gentile, L. & Boitani, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat suitability models are usually produced using species presence or habitat selection, without taking into account the demographic performance o...

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Ski tourism affects habitat use and evokes a physiological stress response in capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: a new methodological approach.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Thiel, D. & Jenni-Eiermann, S. & Braunisch, V. & Palme, R. & Jenni, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human outdoor recreational activities are increasing and have a significant impact on wildlife. There are few methods suitable for investigating the r...

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