Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Study examines whether wombats isolated from dingoes for 80 years have lost predator recognition, finding they retain discrimination but show reduced environmental vigilance.

Enzyme immunoassays validate non-invasive stress monitoring in rehabilitated Temminck's pangolins using fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, revealing handling-induced stress responses and improving.

Study compares thermal camera versus visual detection in aerial culling of feral deer and pigs in tropical Queensland, finding no significant efficiency gains under tested conditions.

Integrated population modeling of red foxes shows harvest alone cannot suppress populations when compensatory immigration buffers mortality, with implications for mesopredator management.

Long-nosed potoroo conservation varies by landscape in Victoria, facing threats from invasive predators, fire, and climate change. Strategic management combining habitat protection and predator.

Examining how animal cultures reshape conservation goals and why protecting them requires centering animals' own interests in agency and cultural self-determination.

Post-fire epicormic eucalypt foliage exhibits species-dependent chemical composition affecting folivore nutritional access during forest recovery in southeastern Australia.

Female mantled howler monkeys adjust flower consumption across reproductive states, with early lactation linked to higher intake and late lactation to elevated tannin consumption.

GPS collar study investigating artificial light at night effects on caracal movement, habitat selection, and foraging behavior across age classes in urban-adjacent landscapes.

Meta-analysis of 480 predator-prey dyads reveals human disturbance restructures temporal niche partitioning according to body mass ratios, with differential consequences for large and small species.

Age-sex variation in activity budgets and dietary responses to temperature in black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys, with distinct physiological demands across classes.

Climate change threatens mammal and bird distributions in the Altai Mountains. MaxEnt modeling reveals habitat loss and range shifts toward higher elevations, with human activities and snow cover.

Experimental comparison of avian carcass detection by human surveyors and conservation dog reveals higher canine detection probability influenced by carcass size and substrate complexity.

Study examining highway impacts on eight medium-sized mammal species in an Australian conservation reserve using camera-trapping and occupancy modeling reveals species-specific responses to road.

Study reveals how sika deer use whistling, stotting, and rump flaring as context-dependent antipredator behaviors that vary with social conditions, signaler characteristics, and season.

Study of European hedgehog hearing and ear anatomy reveals peak sensitivity at 40 kHz and ultrasonic perception up to 85 kHz, with implications for developing acoustic deterrents to reduce road.

Multi-species framework for prioritizing wildlife crossing structure locations across regional road networks using habitat modeling and connectivity analysis, demonstrated across 6,992 km in Israel.

Microhabitat selection and vegetation structure utilization by Graphiurus murinus in a riverine Combretum forest, assessed through capture-mark-recapture and statistical modeling.

Automated animal biometrics using muzzle pattern analysis achieves 95% accuracy for red deer identification, enabling verifiable harvest documentation and improved ungulate population management.

Study of Indian crested porcupine population density, reproductive timing, and parental behavior across diverse Punjab habitats reveals seasonal variation and flexible social organization patterns.