Pumas Puma concolor as ecological brokers: a review of their biotic relationships

Energetics and fear of humans constrain the spatial ecology of pumas

(2021) Barry A. Nickel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pumas’ fear of humans precipitates changes in plant architecture

(2021) Veronica Yovovich et al.   Ecosphere

Variable strategies to solve risk–reward tradeoffs in carnivore communities

(2021) Joel Ruprecht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The megabiota are disproportionately important for biosphere functioning

(2020) Brian J. Enquist et al.   Nature Communications

Drivers of taxonomic bias in conservation research: a global analysis of terrestrial mammals

(2020) J. W. dos Santos et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Have natural disasters created opportunities to initiate Big Cat Tourism in South America?

(2020) Fernando Tortato et al.   BIOTROPICA

Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications

(2020) Esther Sebastián‐González et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Enemies with benefits: integrating positive and negative interactions among terrestrial carnivores

(2020) Laura R. Prugh et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Framework for assessing vertebrate invasive species damage: the case of feral swine in the United States

(2020) Stephanie Shwiff et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Prey availability and ambient temperature influence carrion persistence in the boreal forest

(2020) Michael J. L. Peers et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Artificial nightlight alters the predator–prey dynamics of an apex carnivore

(2020) Mark A. Ditmer et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Puma–livestock conflicts in the Americas: a review of the evidence

(2020) Maria de las Mercedes Guerisoli et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Integrated Carnivore‐Ungulate Management: A Case Study in West‐Central Montana

(2020) Kelly M. Proffitt et al.   WILDLIFE MONOGRAPHS

Inferring Species Interactions from Long-Term Monitoring Programs: Carnivores in a Protected Area from Southern Patagonia

(2020) Francisco Díaz-Ruiz et al.   Diversity-Basel

Predator control may not increase ungulate populations in the future: A formal meta‐analysis

(2020) T. J. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Chronology of reproductive investment determines predation risk aversion in a felid‐ungulate system

(2019) Daniel A. Crawford et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Cascading impacts of large-carnivore extirpation in an African ecosystem

(2019) Justine L. Atkins et al.   SCIENCE

Prey availability and temporal partitioning modulate felid coexistence in Neotropical forests

(2019) Fernanda Santos et al.   PLoS One

Integrating temporal refugia into landscapes of fear: prey exploit predator downtimes to forage in risky places

(2019) Justine A. Smith et al.   OECOLOGIA

Extinction vortex dynamics of top predators isolated by urbanization

(2019) John F. Benson et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Feline Foamy Virus is Highly Prevalent in Free-Ranging Puma concolor from Colorado, Florida and Southern California

(2019) Sarah R. Kechejian et al.   Viruses-Basel

Habitat complexity mediates the predator–prey space race

(2019) Justine A. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Fear of humans as apex predators has landscape‐scale impacts from mountain lions to mice

(2019) Justin P. Suraci et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dynamics, Persistence, and Genetic Management of the Endangered Florida Panther Population

(2019) Madelon Kerk et al.   WILDLIFE MONOGRAPHS

Ecological effects of fear: How spatiotemporal heterogeneity in predation risk influences mule deer access to forage in a sky‐island system

(2019) Christopher Lowrey et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Do prey select for vacant hunting domains to minimize a multi‐predator threat?

(2019) Michel T. Kohl et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity Conservation Requires Management of Feral Domestic Animals

(2019) Cristián Bonacic et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The corrupted carnivore: how humans are rearranging the return of the carnivore-scavenger relationship

(2018) Jonathan N. Pauli et al.   ECOLOGY

Leopards provide public health benefits in Mumbai, India

(2018) Alexander R Braczkowski et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

When free-ranging dogs threaten wildlife: Public attitudes toward management strategies in southern Chile

(2018) Federico J. Villatoro et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Biases in wildlife and conservation research, using felids and canids as a case study

(2018) L. Tensen   Global Ecology and Conservation

Pumas as ecosystem engineers: ungulate carcasses support beetle assemblages in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

(2018) Joshua M. Barry et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ecological Function Analysis: Incorporating Species Roles into Conservation

(2018) Jedediah F. Brodie et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk

(2018) Moreno Di Marco et al.   Nature Communications

The challenge of valuing ecosystem services that have no material benefits

(2017) N. Small et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Stage-dependent puma predation on dangerous prey

(2017) L. M. Elbroch et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

Does Biodiversity–Ecosystem Function Literature Neglect Tropical Ecosystems?

(2017) David A. Clarke et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Human–carnivore competition for antlered ungulates: do pumas select for bulls and bucks?

(2017) L. Mark Elbroch et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Puma predation subsidizes an obligate scavenger in the high Andes

(2016) Paula L. Perrig et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Linking predation risk, ungulate antipredator responses, and patterns of vegetation in the high Andes

(2016) Emiliano Donadio et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Ecological interactions between ocelots and sympatric mesocarnivores in protected areas of the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil

(2016) Rodrigo L. Massara et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Socioeconomic Benefits of Large Carnivore Recolonization Through Reduced Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

(2016) Sophie L. Gilbert et al.   Conservation Letters

Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed

(2016) Kerrie A. Wilson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Bias in carnivore diet analysis resulting from misclassification of predator scats based on field identification

(2016) Dana J. Morin et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Hypercarnivorous apex predator could provide ecosystem services by dispersing seeds

(2016) José Hernán Sarasola et al.   Scientific Reports

The Comparative Effects of Large Carnivores on the Acquisition of Carrion by Scavengers

(2015) Maximilian L. Allen et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Is anthropogenic cougar mortality compensated by changes in natural mortality in Utah? Insight from long-term studies

(2015) Michael L. Wolfe et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Mesopredator spatial and temporal responses to large predators and human development in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California

(2015) Yiwei Wang et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Priorities for global felid conservation

(2015) Amy J. Dickman et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Carcass size shapes the structure and functioning of an African scavenging assemblage

(2015) Marcos Moleón et al.   OIKOS

CWD prions remain infectious after passage through the digestive system of coyotes (Canis latrans)

(2015) Tracy A Nichols et al.   Prion

Survival and Mortality of Pumas (Puma concolor) in a Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscape

(2015) T. Winston Vickers et al.   PLoS One

Nowhere to hide: pumas, black bears, and competition refuges

(2014) L. M. Elbroch et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Incorporating preferential prey selection and stochastic predation into population viability analysis for rare prey species

(2014) Heiko U. Wittmer et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Habitat selection of a re-colonized cougar population in response to seasonal fluctuations of human activity

(2014) Carl D. Morrison et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Trophic Facilitation or Limitation? Comparative Effects of Pumas and Black Bears on the Scavenger Community

(2014) Maximilian L. Allen et al.   PLoS One

Tolerance for Predatory Wildlife

(2014) A. Treves et al.   SCIENCE

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

Relative influence of human harvest, carnivores, and weather on adult female elk survival across western North America

(2013) Jedediah Brodie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A review of the population dynamics of mule deer and black-tailed deerOdocoileus hemionusin North America

(2013) Tavis D. Forrester et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

The feasibility of the north-eastern USA supporting the return of the cougar Puma concolor

(2013) John W. Laundré   ORYX

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

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

Scale Dependent Behavioral Responses to Human Development by a Large Predator, the Puma

(2013) Christopher C. Wilmers et al.   PLoS One

Determining Where the Wild Things will be: Using Psychological Theory to Find Tolerance for Large Carnivores

(2013) Jeremy T. Bruskotter et al.   Conservation Letters

Table scraps: inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas

(2012) L. M. Elbroch et al.   Biology Letters

Cougars are recolonizing the midwest: Analysis of cougar confirmations during 1990-2008

(2012) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Beyond the browse line: complex cascade effects mediated by white-tailed deer

(2012) James W. Bressette et al.   OIKOS

Extending the stress-gradient hypothesis - is competition among animals less common in harsh environments?

(2012) I. C. Barrio et al.   OIKOS

Genetic diversity and population structure of pumas (Puma concolor) in southeastern Brazil: implications for conservation in a human-dominated landscape

(2011) R. A. Miotto et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Cougar space use and movements in the wildland–urban landscape of western Washington

(2011) Brian N. Kertson et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Genetic structure and conservation of Mountain Lions in the South-Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

(2011) Camila S. Castilho et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Neonatal mortality of elk driven by climate, predator phenology and predator community composition

(2011) Kathleen A. Griffin et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Implications of chronic wasting disease, cougar predation, and reduced recruitment for elk management

(2011) Glen A. Sargeant et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Scavenging: how carnivores and carrion structure communities

(2011) Erin E. Wilson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Dynamics of a small population of endangered huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Chilean Patagonia

(2010) Paulo Corti et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Interfacing models of wildlife habitat and human development to predict the future distribution of puma habitat

(2010) CHRISTOPHER L. BURDETT et al.   Ecosphere

Mountain lions prey selectively on prion-infected mule deer

(2009) C. E. Krumm et al.   Biology Letters

The Ecological Role of the Mammalian Mesocarnivore

(2009) Gary W. Roemer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Wolves modulate soil nutrient heterogeneity and foliar nitrogen by configuring the distribution of ungulate carcasses

(2009) Joseph K. Bump et al.   ECOLOGY

The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares

(2009) Michael J. Sheriff et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Competition and coexistence in sympatric bobcats and pumas

(2009) C. C. Hass   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Food Niche ofPuma concolorin Central Mexico

(2009) Octavio Monroy-Vilchis et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Trophic cascades involving cougar, mule deer, and black oaks in Yosemite National Park

(2008) William J. Ripple et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The role of food, weather and climate in limiting the abundance of animals

(2008) T. C. R. White   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

INDIRECT EFFECTS AND TRADITIONAL TROPHIC CASCADES: A TEST INVOLVING WOLVES, COYOTES, AND PRONGHORN

(2008) Kim Murray Berger et al.   ECOLOGY

Lions and Prions and Deer Demise

(2008) Michael W. Miller et al.   PLoS One