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Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Auteur ; Hossein Alinezhad, Auteur ; Ehsan Hadipour, Auteur ; Iman Memarian, Auteur ; Stéphane Ostrowski, Auteur ; Kaveh Hobeali, Auteur ; Amirhossein Dadashi-Jourdehi, Auteur ; Paul J. Johnson, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Luke T. B. Hunter, AuteurIntraspecific aggression is one of the most common causes of death in leopards. Here, we report four cases of intraspecific killing amongst Persian Leopards (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in Iran. A young male leopard was found on 7 June 2008 which[...]
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Jennifer R. B. Miller, Auteur ; Guy Balme, Auteur ; Peter A. Lindsey, Auteur ; Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ; Matthew S. Becker, Auteur ; Colleen Begg, Auteur ; Henry Brink, Auteur ; Stephanie Dolrenry, Auteur ; Jane E. Hunt, Auteur ; Ingela Jansson, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Roseline L. Mandisodza-Chikerema, Auteur ; Alayne Oriol Cotterill, Auteur ; Craig Packer, Auteur ; Daniel Rosengren, Auteur ; Ken Stratford, Auteur ; Martina Trinkel, Auteur ; Paula A. White, Auteur ; Christiaan Winterbach, Auteur ; Hanlie E. K. Winterbach, Auteur ; Paul J. Funston, AuteurTrophy hunting plays a significant role in wildlife conservation in some contexts in various parts of the world. Yet excessive hunting is contributing to species declines, especially for large carnivores. Simulation models suggest that sustainab[...]
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American mink control on inland rivers in southern England: An experimental test of a model strategy
Lauren A. Harrington, Auteur ; Andrew L. Harrington, Auteur ; Tom Moorhouse, Auteur ; Merryl Gelling, Auteur ; Laura Bonesi, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurInvasive species are an important driver of global biodiversity loss. Under international legislation, the UK has an obligation to eradicate or to control the alien, invasive American mink. Using a large-scale field experiment, we tested the eff[...]
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Byron D. du Preez, Auteur ; Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurLeopards have the largest natural distribution of felids, but have lost a third of their historical range, and their current CITES status is 'Near Threatened'. Leopards are a highly sought after trophy species in Africa, although their populatio[...]
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Youbing Zhou, Auteur ; Christina D. Buesching, Auteur ; Chris Newman, Auteur ; Yayoi Kaneko, Auteur ; Zongqiang Xie, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurDespite economic benefits, particularly in developing countries, ecotourism can have unintended negative consequences for wildlife conservation in protected areas (PAs). We report the effects of tourist Trail-Type and -Use on the incidence of ma[...]
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David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Philip Riordan, Auteur ; Fiona Mathews, AuteurSince the 1970s the control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle, predominantly in the SW of England has proved continually recalcitrant; it is currently increasing at an annual rate of 18%. This deterioration has occurred despite a succession[...]
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David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Paul J. Johnson, Auteur ; Lise Albrechtsen, Auteur ; Sarah Seymour, Auteur ; Jef Dupain, Auteur ; Amy Hall, Auteur ; John E. Fa, AuteurExploitation of wildlife for meat in the tropics ('bushmeat') is a critical threat for biodiversity, particularly in Africa. Here, we investigate the importance of protected areas (National Parks and other forest parks) as sources for the trade [...]
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Thomas Merckx, Auteur ; Ruth E. Feber, Auteur ; Daniel J. Hoare, Auteur ; Mark S. Parsons, Auteur ; Caroline J. Kelly, Auteur ; Nigel A. D. Bourn, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurAlthough intensive forestry practices have greatly reduced the biodiversity of native woodland, sympathetic management offers much potential to reverse these negative trends. We tested, using a species-rich group, whether woodland conservation m[...]
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Kerry Kilshaw, Auteur ; Paul J. Johnson, Auteur ; Andrew C. Kitchener, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurPopulation monitoring is important for conservation management but difficult to achieve for rare, cryptic species. Reliable information about the Critically Endangered Scottish wildcat Felis silvestris silvestris is lacking because of difficulti[...]
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Tom P. Moorhouse, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurCrayfish are amongst the most frequently introduced non-native aquatic organisms, with well-documented negative effects on a large number of freshwater taxa. Crayfish-control attempts often make use of manual removal by trapping, a method known [...]
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Laila Bahaa-el-Din, Auteur ; Rahel Sollmann, Auteur ; Luke T. B. Hunter, Auteur ; Rob Slotow, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Philipp Henschel, AuteurAfrica's equatorial forests are threatened by widespread deforestation and bushmeat hunting, with both threats spreading into formerly remote areas due to rapid human population growth and large-scale expansions of commercial resource extraction[...]
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Seamus D. Maclennan, Auteur ; Rosemary J. Groom, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Laurence G. Frank, AuteurLions (Panthera leo) are in decline throughout most of their range due to human persecution, largely provoked by depredation on livestock, and there is debate as to the usefulness of financial instruments to mitigate this conflict. Intending to [...]
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Examining the shifting patterns of poaching from a long-term law enforcement intervention in Sumatra
Dian Risdianto, Auteur ; Deborah J. Martyr, Auteur ; Rudijanta T. Nugraha, Auteur ; Abishek Harihar, Auteur ; Hariyo T. Wibisono, Auteur ; Iding A. Haidir, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Neil D'Cruze, Auteur ; Matthew Linkie, AuteurCurrent levels of illegal wildlife trade for many in-demand species are unsustainable and place them at a heightened risk of extinction. While several Asian protected areas standout for their remarkable successes in tackling poaching, the threat[...]
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Tom P. Moorhouse, Auteur ; Stephen C. F. Palmer, Auteur ; Justin M. J. Travis, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurSemi-natural agricultural habitats have declined in northern Europe since the 1950s, to the detriment of habitat connectivity and biodiversity. European agri-environmental schemes to restore them should target the habitats most likely to remedy [...]
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David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; M. Karen Laurenson, Auteur
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Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Auteur ; Mohsen Ahmadi, Auteur ; Elmira Sharbafi, Auteur ; Sadegh Khosravi, Auteur ; Hossein Alinezhad, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurRanging across montane areas of west Asia, the endangered Persian leopard Panthera pardus saxicolor is a flagship species for biodiversity conservation in the Caucasus Eco-region. Despite recent reduction in occupancy and number within the range[...]
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Byron du Preez, Auteur ; Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur
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Venkataraman Meena, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Robert A. Montgomery, AuteurThe last population of free-ranging Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) has been steadily increasing in response to successful conservation initiatives spanning five decades. With the increasing population size, lions have expanded their range a[...]
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F. Hernan Vargas, Auteur ; Robert C. Lacy, Auteur ; Paul J. Johnson, Auteur ; Antje Steinfurth, Auteur ; Robert J. M. Crawford, Auteur ; P. Dee Boersma, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurSmall populations are vulnerable to long-term declines, even where short-term censuses indicate increasing trends in numbers. Census data for the Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) collected between 1970 and 2004 provide evidence that des[...]
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Silvio Marchini, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurThe killing of jaguars by ranchers in Amazonia and the Pantanal is a major threat to the species. We used the Theory of Planned Behavior to examine the role of ranchers' perceptions, norms, attitudes and intentions concerning jaguar killing, in [...]
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Graeme C. Hays, Auteur ; Dan W. Forman, Auteur ; Lauren A. Harrington, Auteur ; Andrew L. Harrington, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; David Righton, AuteurTime-depth data recorders (TDRs) have been widely used to explore the behaviour of relatively large, deep divers. However, little is known about the dive behaviour of small, shallow divers such as semi-aquatic mammals. We used high-resolution TD[...]
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Arthur B. Muneza, Auteur ; Robert A. Montgomery, Auteur ; Julian T. Fennessy, Auteur ; Amy J. Dickman, Auteur ; Gary J. Roloff, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurLarge mammals have drastically declined in the past few decades yet we know little about their ecology. Giraffe numbers for instance, have dropped by more than 40% in the last 15 years and recently, a skin disease,,has been observed in numerous [...]
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Joelene Hughes, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurNegative impacts from the presence of domestic animals pose particular issues for biodiversity conservation as they are intimately tied to the economic, social and political values of local people, requiring interdisciplinary cooperation for suc[...]
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Timothy R. Kuiper, Auteur ; Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ; Daniel M. Parker, Auteur ; Paul J. Johnson, Auteur ; Jane E. Hunt, Auteur ; Brent Stapelkamp, Auteur ; Lovemore Sibanda, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurLivestock depredation frequently results in retaliatory killing of carnivores by people. An understanding of the ecological and sociological factors that precipitate this conflict is essential to mitigation. We investigated the seasonality of li[...]
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Helen Smith, Auteur ; Ruth E. Feber, Auteur ; Michael D. Morecroft, Auteur ; Michele E. Taylor, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurField margins have been widely advocated as a means of integrating agronomic and biodiversity objectives and are included in agri-environment schemes across Europe. However, information on the long-term development of field margin plant communit[...]
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Zeke Davidson, Auteur ; Marion Valeix, Auteur ; Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ; Hillary Madzikanda, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurHunting of individuals from a population can affect its demography and socio-spatial parameters. This study provided opportunities to assess such effects, and may help to improve the conservation of populations threatened by conflict and over-us[...]
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Tiit Maran, Auteur ; Madis Podra, Auteur ; Merje Polma, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurAs part of a conservation initiative, captive-bred individuals of the endangered European mink Mustela lutreola were released to a Baltic island 'sanctuary', Hiiumaa Island (Estonia), and their survival was monitored over eight years. Altogether[...]
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Laura Bonesi, Auteur ; Steve P. Rushton, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurIntroduced alien species are the second most important threat to global biodiversity after habitat loss. The American mink Mustela vison has been introduced to several countries and is threatening a number of native species worldwide. We develop[...]
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Sonam Wangyel Wang, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, AuteurWe used camera traps in combination with capture-recapture data analysis to provide the first reliable density estimates for tigers and leopards from the high altitude and rugged terrain in Bhutan's Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park. Fifty da[...]
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Elaine J. Fraser, Auteur ; David W. Macdonald, Auteur ; Matthew K. Oliver, Auteur ; Stuart Piertney, Auteur ; Xavier Lambin, AuteurThe detrimental effect of invasive species on native ecosystems is well established and motivates management strategies to reduce their impact. Eradication can be difficult in mainland areas but control is often a feasible option, providing reco[...]
