Effects of Human Disturbance on Terrestrial Apex Predators

Relative impact of human harvest and wolf predation on two ungulate species in Central Italy

(2020) Elena Bassi et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

How climate impacts the composition of wolf killed‐elk in northern Yellowstone National Park

(2020) Christopher C. Wilmers et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

How climate change and wildlife management affect population structure in wild boars

(2020) Sebastian G. Vetter et al.   Scientific Reports

Mortality of a large wide-ranging mammal largely caused by anthropogenic activities

(2020) M. G. Gantchoff et al.   Scientific Reports

Ecological impacts of human‐induced animal behaviour change

(2020) Margaret W. Wilson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Move to nocturnality not a universal trend in carnivore species on disturbed landscapes

(2020) Sandra Frey et al.   OIKOS

The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence

(2020) Clayton T. Lamb et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Costs and benefits of living with predators

(2020) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia

(2020) Andrés Ordiz et al.   Scientific Reports

Landscape predictors of human–leopard conflicts within multi-use areas of the Himalayan region

(2020) Dipanjan Naha et al.   Scientific Reports

Gray wolf habitat use in response to visitor activity along roadways in Yellowstone National Park

(2020) Colby B. Anton et al.   Ecosphere

Large carnivores living alongside humans: Brown bears in human-modified landscapes

(2020) Ana Morales-González et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Retreat of large carnivores across the giant panda distribution range

(2020) Sheng Li et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Mechanistic insights into the role of large carnivores for ecosystem structure and functioning

(2020) Selwyn Hoeks et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Promoting grazing or rewilding initiatives against rural exodus? The return of the wolf and other large carnivores must be considered

(2020) Mariano R Recio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Hunters versus hunted: New perspectives on the energetic costs of survival at the top of the food chain

(2020) Terrie M. Williams et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

(2020) Sean L. Maxwell et al.   NATURE

African swine fever – A review of current knowledge

(2020) Sandra Blome et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Wolf predation risk and moose movement in eastern Finland

(2020) Jyrki Pusenius et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest

(2020) Michael J. L. Peers et al.   Nature Climate Change

Variation and conservation implications of the effectiveness of anti-bear interventions

(2020) Igor Khorozyan et al.   Scientific Reports

Human-Large Carnivores Co-existence in Europe – A Comparative Stakeholder Network Analysis

(2020) Carol M. Grossmann et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Individual Variation in Predatory Behavior, Scavenging and Seasonal Prey Availability as Potential Drivers of Coexistence between Wolves and Bears

(2020) Andrés Ordiz et al.   Diversity-Basel

Estimating and forecasting spatial population dynamics of apex predators using transnational genetic monitoring

(2020) Richard Bischof et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wolverines in winter: indirect habitat loss and functional responses to backcountry recreation

(2019) Kimberly Heinemeyer et al.   Ecosphere

Antipredator response diminishes during periods of resource deficit for a large herbivore

(2019) B. A. Oates et al.   ECOLOGY

Habituation, sensitization, or consistent behavioral responses? Brown bear responses after repeated approaches by humans on foot

(2019) Andrés Ordiz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rewilding complex ecosystems

(2019) Andrea Perino et al.   SCIENCE

Designing the landscape of coexistence: Integrating risk avoidance, habitat selection and functional connectivity to inform large carnivore conservation

(2019) Helena Rio-Maior et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Unravelling the Scientific Debate on How to Address Wolf-Dog Hybridization in Europe

(2019) Valerio Donfrancesco et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review

(2019) Jorge Lozano et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

High levels of recent wolf × dog introgressive hybridization in agricultural landscapes of central Italy

(2019) Valeria Salvatori et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Believed effect - A prerequisite but not a guarantee for acceptance of carnivore management interventions

(2019) Ann Eklund et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Endozoochory by brown bears stimulates germination in bilberry

(2019) Sam M. J. G. Steyaert et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Downhill seed dispersal by temperate mammals: a potential threat to plant escape from global warming

(2019) Shoji Naoe et al.   Scientific Reports

Carnivores, competition and genetic connectivity in the Anthropocene

(2019) Scott Creel et al.   Scientific Reports

Harvest models of small populations of a large carnivore using Bayesian forecasting

(2019) Henrik Andrén et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Anthropogenic food subsidies hinder the ecological role of wolves: Insights for conservation of apex predators in human-modified landscapes

(2019) Paolo Ciucci et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Living on the edge: Opportunities for Amur tiger recovery in China

(2018) Tianming Wang et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Illegal hunting as a major driver of the source-sink dynamics of a reintroduced lynx population in Central Europe

(2018) M. Heurich et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear

(2018) Michel T. Kohl et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Evolutionary and ecological traps for brown bears Ursus arctos in human-modified landscapes

(2018) Vincenzo Penteriani et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality

(2018) Kaitlyn M. Gaynor et al.   SCIENCE

The primacy of bears as seed dispersers in salmon-bearing ecosystems

(2018) Laurie E. F. Harrer et al.   Ecosphere

Salmon-supported bears, seed dispersal, and extensive resource subsidies to granivores

(2018) Yasaman N. Shakeri et al.   Ecosphere

Wolves for Yellowstone: dynamics in time and space

(2018) Mark S Boyce   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection

(2018) Lily M. van Eeden et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A meta-analysis of ungulate predation and prey selection by the brown bear Ursus arctos in Eurasia

(2018) Magdalena Niedziałkowska et al.   Mammal Research

Ants as food for Apennine brown bears

(2018) E. Tosoni et al.   European Zoological Journal

Grizzly bear response to spatio-temporal variability in human recreational activity

(2018) Andrew Ladle et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain

(2018) Javier Naves et al.   PLoS One

Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants

(2018) Joshua B. Grinath   Ecology and Evolution

Habitat segregation between brown bears and gray wolves in a human-dominated landscape

(2018) Cyril Milleret et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Using experimentation to understand the 10-year snowshoe hare cycle in the boreal forest of North America

(2017) Charles J. Krebs et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Adaptive use of nonlethal strategies for minimizing wolf–sheep conflict in Idaho

(2017) Suzanne A. Stone et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Exploring the potential of brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) as a long-distance seed disperser: a pilot study in South-Western Europe

(2017) Aurélie Lalleroni et al.   MAMMALIA

The role of ants in north temperate grasslands: a review

(2017) B. D. Wills et al.   OECOLOGIA

Fear of the human ‘super predator’ reduces feeding time in large carnivores

(2017) Justine A. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Experimental moose reduction lowers wolf density and stops decline of endangered caribou

(2017) Robert Serrouya et al.   PeerJ

Range contractions of the world's large carnivores

(2017) Christopher Wolf et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Regulated hunting re-shapes the life history of brown bears

(2017) Richard Bischof et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Animal behaviour and its role in carnivore conservation: examples of seven deadly threats

(2016) David W. Macdonald   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Seasonality and human disturbance alter brown bear activity patterns: implications for circumpolar carnivore conservation?

(2016) A. Ordiz et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Tourism, biodiversity and protected areas – Review from northern Fennoscandia

(2016) Anne Tolvanen et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Paws without claws? Ecological effects of large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes

(2016) D. P. J. Kuijper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

National Parks in Northern Sweden as Refuges for Illegal Killing of Large Carnivores

(2016) Geir Rune Rauset et al.   Conservation Letters

Wolverine behavior varies spatially with anthropogenic footprint: implications for conservation and inferences about declines

(2016) Frances E. C. Stewart et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Phantoms of the forest: legacy risk effects of a regionally extinct large carnivore

(2016) Ellinor Sahlén et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Predation or scavenging? Prey body condition influences decision-making in a facultative predator, the wolverine

(2016) Jenny Mattisson et al.   Ecosphere

Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries

(2016) A. C. Stier et al.   Science Advances

Conflict Misleads Large Carnivore Management and Conservation: Brown Bears and Wolves in Spain

(2016) Alberto Fernández-Gil et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of Human Recreation on Brown Bears (Ursus arctos): A Review and New Management Tool

(2016) Jennifer K. Fortin et al.   PLoS One

Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries

(2016) Vincenzo Penteriani et al.   Scientific Reports

Hypercarnivorous apex predator could provide ecosystem services by dispersing seeds

(2016) José Hernán Sarasola et al.   Scientific Reports

Eurasian lynx natal den site and maternal home-range selection in multi-use landscapes of Norway

(2015) S. White et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Natural and experimental tests of trophic cascades: gray wolves and white-tailed deer in a Great Lakes forest

(2015) D. G. Flagel et al.   OECOLOGIA

Landscapes of Coexistence for terrestrial carnivores: the ecological consequences of being downgraded from ultimate to penultimate predator by humans

(2015) Alayne Oriol-Cotterill et al.   OIKOS

Physiological evidence for a human-induced landscape of fear in brown bears (Ursus arctos)

(2015) Ole-Gunnar Støen et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Top carnivores increase their kill rates on prey as a response to human-induced fear

(2015) J. A. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

When the hunter becomes the hunted

(2015) R. Woodroffe et al.   SCIENCE

Carnivore coexistence: Value the wilderness

(2015) J. J. Gilroy et al.   SCIENCE

Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting

(2015) S. Creel et al.   SCIENCE

The unique ecology of human predators

(2015) C. T. Darimont et al.   SCIENCE

Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery

(2015) Jens Persson et al.   Conservation Letters

Wolves, people, and brown bears influence the expansion of the recolonizing wolf population in Scandinavia

(2015) Andrés Ordiz et al.   Ecosphere

Behavioural Differences between Single Scandinavian Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) and Females with Dependent Young When Experimentally Approached by Humans

(2015) Veronica Sahlén et al.   PLoS One

Trophic Cascades in a Multicausal World: Isle Royale and Yellowstone

(2014) Rolf O. Peterson et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Brown bear circadian behavior reveals human environmental encroachment

(2014) Andrés Ordiz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Bears benefit plants via a cascade with both antagonistic and mutualistic interactions

(2014) Joshua B. Grinath et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators

(2014) Thomas M. Newsome et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

(2014) Guillaume Chapron et al.   SCIENCE

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

Relationships between grizzly bears and human disturbances in a rapidly changing multi-use forest landscape

(2013) Julia Linke et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Saving large carnivores, but losing the apex predator?

(2013) Andrés Ordiz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation

(2013) William J. Ripple et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Sharing the bounty—Adjusting harvest to predator return in the Scandinavian human–wolf–bear–moose system

(2013) Niclas Jonzén et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Linking anti-predator behaviour to prey demography reveals limited risk effects of an actively hunting large carnivore

(2013) Arthur D. Middleton et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Lasting behavioural responses of brown bears to experimental encounters with humans

(2013) Andrés Ordiz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Recolonizing wolves trigger a trophic cascade in Wisconsin (USA)

(2013) Ramana Callan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Humans Strengthen Bottom-Up Effects and Weaken Trophic Cascades in a Terrestrial Food Web

(2013) Tyler B. Muhly et al.   PLoS One

Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners

(2012) William F. Laurance et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Do bears know they are being hunted?

(2012) Andrés Ordiz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

From overlooking to concealed: predator avoidance in an apex carnivore

(2012) H. K. Wam et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Environmental determinants of habitat and kill site selection in a large carnivore: scale matters

(2012) Zeke Davidson et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Behaviour of Solitary Adult Scandinavian Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) when Approached by Humans on Foot

(2012) Gro Kvelprud Moen et al.   PLoS One

Deer, predators, and the emergence of Lyme disease

(2012) T. Levi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

(2012) Steve M. Redpath et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Brown bear conservation and the ghost of persecution past

(2011) Andreas Zedrosser et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Human Activity Differentially Redistributes Large Mammals in the Canadian Rockies National Parks

(2011) James Kimo Rogala et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Influence of intraguild interactions on resource use by wolverines and Eurasian lynx

(2011) Jenny Mattisson et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Predators or prey? Spatio-temporal discrimination of human-derived risk by brown bears

(2011) Andrés Ordiz et al.   OECOLOGIA

Human Activity Helps Prey Win the Predator-Prey Space Race

(2011) Tyler B. Muhly et al.   PLoS One

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Coping with human disturbance: spatial and temporal tactics of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)

(2010) Jodie Martin et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Predator control of ecosystem nutrient dynamics

(2010) Oswald J. Schmitz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Top predators, mesopredators and their prey: interference ecosystems along bioclimatic productivity gradients

(2010) B. Elmhagen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Hunting for large carnivore conservation

(2010) Adrian Treves   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The Young, the Weak and the Sick: Evidence of Natural Selection by Predation

(2010) Meritxell Genovart et al.   PLoS One

Human Dimensions of Large Carnivore Conservation and Management: Introduction to the Special Issue

(2010) Jeremy T. Bruskotter et al.   HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE

Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States

(2009) Robert L. Beschta et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Is Not Yet Recovered

(2009) Bradley J. Bergstrom et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The Rise of the Mesopredator

(2009) Laura R. Prugh et al.   BIOSCIENCE

What shapes Eurasian lynx distribution in human dominated landscapes: selecting prey or avoiding people?

(2009) Mathieu Basille et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation

(2009) Euan G. Ritchie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ungulate Carcasses Perforate Ecological Filters and Create Biogeochemical Hotspots in Forest Herbaceous Layers Allowing Trees a Competitive Advantage

(2009) Joseph K. Bump et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The magnitude and selectivity of natural and multiple anthropogenic mortality causes in hunted brown bears

(2009) Richard Bischof et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

More than Mere Numbers: The Impact of Lethal Control on the Social Stability of a Top-Order Predator

(2009) Arian D. Wallach et al.   PLoS One

The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa

(2008) Fredrik Dalerum et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Ungulate flight responses to human disturbance: A review and meta-analysis

(2008) Theodore Stankowich   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Human caused mortality in the endangered Scandinavian wolverine population

(2008) Jens Persson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research–Implementation Gap

(2008) ANDREW T. KNIGHT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Diet shift of a facultative scavenger, the wolverine, following recolonization of wolves

(2008) Jiska van Dijk et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Habitat differentiation within the large-carnivore community of Norway's multiple-use landscapes

(2008) Roel May et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE

Relationships between direct predation and risk effects

(2008) Scott Creel et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Wild boar Sus scrofa mortality by hunting and wolf Canis lupus predation: an example in northern Spain

(2008) Carlos Nores et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY