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Moving towards an ecological management of overabundant ungulates: insights from wildlife-vehicle collisions and hunting bag data
Increasing abundance of large ungulates is raising human-wildlife impacts and the effectiveness of recreational hunting to reduce their population...
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The First Report on the Ecology and Distribution of the Wolf Population in Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park
AbstractThe Apennine wolf ( Canis lupus italicus , Altobello, 1921) is currently experiencing a period of great population change. Any information...
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Non-invasive diagnostic PCRs for rapid detection of golden jackal, red fox, and gray wolf/domestic dog and application to validate golden jackal presence in Styria, Austria
Human-predator conflicts are frequently caused by livestock and/or game depredation. The golden jackal’s ( Canis aureus ) range expansion in Europe, as...
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The origin and population genetics of wolves in the north Hungarian mountains
The grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) is one of the most challenging species to conserve in our modern and crowded world. Due to various factors, most European...
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Contrasting use of habitat, landscape elements, and corridors by grey wolf and golden jackal in central Iran
ContextIncreasing carnivore–human conflict has threatened the survival of many carnivore species, thus evaluating habitat requirements, landscape...
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Optimizing Potato Disease Classification Using a Metaheuristics Algorithm for Deep Learning: A Novel Approach for Sustainable Agriculture
Potato is a food crop at a global scale, bearing a hefty importance for the food security and nutrition of millions of people worldwide. Nonetheless,...
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Refining breast cancer biomarker discovery and drug targeting through an advanced data-driven approach
Breast cancer remains a major public health challenge worldwide. The identification of accurate biomarkers is critical for the early detection and...
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Interactions between carnivore species: limited spatiotemporal partitioning between apex predator and smaller carnivores in a Mediterranean protected area
BackgroundThere is need of information on ecological interactions that keystone species such as apex predators establish in ecosystems recently...
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Variation in abundance and life-history traits of two congeneric Arctic wolf spider species, Pardosa hyperborea and Pardosa furcifera, along local environmental gradients
The Arctic tundra is characterised by harsh conditions and environmental gradients are especially pronounced. Variation in functional traits along...
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Temporal activity patterns of bears, wolves and humans in the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain
Human-wildlife coexistence is important for a sustainable relationship between humans and the natural environment. However, human activities often...
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Unravelling the drivers of maned wolf activity along an elevational gradient in the Atlantic Forest, south-eastern Brazil
The maned wolf, the largest canid in South America, was originally distributed in areas with open natural vegetation in the Cerrado biome, Chaco and...
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Prediction of Rice Yield Based on Multi-Source Data and Hybrid LSSVM Algorithms in China
Accurate prediction of rice yield is essential for national food security and the development of the national economy. Currently, owing to the...
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Invasive species control with apex predators: increasing presence of wolves is associated with reduced occurrence of the alien raccoon dog
The role of an alien predator in the community depends on its interaction with native predators. The absence of apex predators may facilitate...
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Analysis of wolf–human conflicts: implications for damage mitigation measures
The wolf ( Canis lupus ) is a keystone and damage-causing carnivore species around the world. Although the species is widespread in Asia, there is...
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Contrasting responses of large carnivores to land use management across an Asian montane landscape in Iran
Land-use change has led to substantial range contractions for many species. Such contractions are particularly acute for wide-ranging large...
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Tumor cell type and gene marker identification by single layer perceptron neural network on single-cell RNA sequence data
Tumors have drawn increasing attention recently because of their heterogeneous interior structures. Particularly, single-cell RNA (scRNA) mechanics...
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Resequencing of the TMF-1 (TATA Element Modulatory Factor) regulated protein (TRNP1) gene in domestic and wild canids
BackgroundCortical folding is related to the functional organization of the brain. The TMF-1 regulated protein (TRNP1) regulates the expansion and...
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Spatio-temporal behaviour of female wild boar in an agro-forestry–pastoral landscape of Southern Italy
Among large-sized mammals, the wild boar Sus scrofa is the main agricultural pest in Mediterranean countries. Despite being a widely studied species,...
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Survival and cause-specific mortality in adult females of a northern migratory ungulate
Survival of ungulates can vary seasonally due to changing environmental conditions, e.g. weather or predation pressure. The wild forest reindeer ( Rang...
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Wie lassen sich Nutztierübergriffe durch Wölfe nachhaltig minimieren? – Eine Literaturübersicht mit Empfehlungen für Deutschland
Mit dem anwachsenden Wolfsbestand nehmen auch die Übergriffe auf Nutztiere in Deutschland von Jahr zu Jahr zu. In einem Punkt sind sich...