• Brown bear behaviour in human-modified landscapes: The case of the endangered Cantabrian population, NW Spain 

      Zarzo-Arias, Alejandra; Delgado, Maria Del Mar; Ordiz Fernandez, Andres Avelino; Diaz, Juan Garcia; Canedo, David; Gonzalez, Manuel A; Romo, Carlos; Garcia, Pablo Vazquez; Bombieri, Giulia; Bettega, Chiara; Russo, Luca Francesco; Cabral, Pedro; Gonzalez, Ricardo Garcia; Martinez-Padilla, Jesus; Penteriani, Vincenzo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Large carnivores are recolonizing parts of their historical range in Europe, a heavily modified human landscape. This calls for an improvement of our knowledge on how large carnivores manage to coexist with humans, and on ...
    • Brown bear predation on semi-domesticated reindeer and depredation compensations 

      Støen, Ole-Gunnar; Sivertsen, Therese Ramberg; Tallian, Aimee Grace; Rauset, Geir Rune; Kindberg, Jonas; Persson, Lars-Thomas; Stokke, Rune; Skarin, Anna; Segerström, Peter; Frank, Jens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The recovery and conservation of large carnivores can negatively impact the economy of traditional pastoralist societies, including indigenous reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) herding communities. Quantifying the magnitude of ...
    • Estimating snow leopard density using fecal DNA in a large landscape in north-central Nepal 

      Chetri, Madhu; Odden, Morten; Sharma, Koustubh; Flagstad, Øystein; Wegge, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Although abundance estimates have a strong bearing on the conservation status of a species, less than 2% of the global snow leopard distribution range has been sampled systematically, mostly in small survey areas. In order ...
    • High seasonal overlap in habitat suitability in a nonmigratory High Arctic ungulate 

      Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Soininen, Eeva M; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Loe, Leif Egil; Paulsen, I.M.G.; Eischeid, Isabell; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Ropstad, Erik; Stien, Audun; Tarroux, Arnaud; Tømmervik, Hans; Ravolainen, Virve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Understanding drivers of space use and habitat selection is essential for management and conservation, especially under rapid environmental change. Here, we develop summer and winter habitat suitability models for the ...
    • Home range, habitat use, and activity patterns of African wolves (Canis lupaster) in the Ethiopian highlands 

      Gutema, Tariku Mekonnen; Meshesha, Anagaw Atickem; Tsegaye, Diress; Chala, Desalegn; Bekele, Afework; Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio; Marino, Jorgelina; Zinner, Dietmar; Venkataraman, Vivek V.; Fashing, Peter J.; Stenseth, Nils Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
    • Patterns of livestock depredation by snow leopards and other large carnivores in the Central Himalayas, Nepal 

      Chetri, Madhu; Odden, Morten; Devineau, Olivier; Wegge, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Quantifying livestock losses due to large carnivores and understanding the impact on local people is vital for formulating long-term mitigation strategies. In the large Annapurna-Manaslu landscape (6621 km2) in the central ...
    • The return of large carnivores: Using hunter observation data to understand the role of predators on ungulate populations 

      Tallian, Aimee Grace; Ordiz Fernandez, Andres Avelino; Zimmermann, Barbara; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla; Wabakken, Petter; Bergqvist, Göran; Kindberg, Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Large carnivores play a key ecological role in nature, yet quantifying the effects of predation at large spatiotemporal scales remains challenging. Wolves and brown bears have recovered in Sweden, where they share the same ...