Megafauna

Tropical dry woodland loss in India since 1880 and its relation to current megafauna distributions
Tropical dry woodlands provide ecosystem services to hundreds of millions of people and support high biodiversity. Despite their …
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Changes in grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian steppe better than climate
In grassland ecosystems, fire plays an important role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological functioning but also causes …
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Establishing viable European bison metapopulations in Central Europe
Restoring populations of large mammals in human-dominated landscapes requires careful planning of conservation strategies. To support …
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Hunting and habitat destruction drive widespread functional declines of top predators in a global deforestation hotspot

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We investigated the effects of habitat destruction and hunting on the functional decline of top predators, specifically jaguar and …

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Space use of a diverse megafauna community in a rewilding area in the southwestern Carpathians
Most landscapes today have lost much of their historical biodiversity, particularly the largest animals (mega-fauna). Yet, in some …
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Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long-Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe

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People have strongly influenced the biosphere for millennia, but how their increasing activities have shaped wildlife distribution …

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Reinstating freshwater megafauna populations can facilitate ecosystem restoration
Freshwater megafauna, such as sturgeons, giant catfishes, river dolphins, hippopotami, crocodylians, large turtles, and giant …
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Determinants of livestock depredation risk by Persian leopards in southern Iran
Human-wildlife conflict is a major conservation challenge worldwide, with negative consequences for people and wildlife alike. Large …
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Reflecting on the role of human-felid conflict and local use in big cat trade
Illegal trade in big cat (Panthera spp.) body parts is a prominent topic in scientific and public discourses concerning wildlife …
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Increasing mortality of European bison (Bison bonasus) on roads and railways
Traffic mortality can pose a serious risk to endangered species that occur in small populations, are mobile and occupy fragmented …
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