Collectively, our results highlight that Indian megafauna can coexist with people across a wide range of social-ecological conditions provided that sufficient refuge habitats remain.
#hu #paper #biogeography

Similarly, while woody cover supported all species, human-related factors were stronger predictors for #leopards, #slothbears, #dholes, and #gaurs. Importantly, historical woodland loss continues to shape current distributions, with past decline linked to a higher presence of all species studied.

Megafauna in #tropicaldrywoodlands face mounting pressures from #habitatloss and human activity, yet many persist. We found that their survival is strongly linked to #refugehabitats, with protected areas and contiguous woodland cover acting as key factors in shared, human-dominated landscapes.

Megafauna in #tropicaldrywoodlands face mounting pressures from #habitatloss and human activity, yet many persist. We found that their survival is strongly linked to #refugehabitats, with protected areas and contiguous woodland cover acting as key factors in shared, human-dominated landscapes.

Celebrating the achievement of one of the longest-serving members of the lab: starting as a BSc student collaborator.

#celebration #huberlin

The study underscores the urgency for conservation planning and action in the world’s tropical dry forests, many of which are changing rapidly.

How #agriculture-driven deforestation impacted snake distribution and, thereby, snake communities.
Agricultural expansion in the South American #Chaco is reshaping snake communities. The study reveals a strong trend toward biotic homogenization.

Deforestation in the South American Chaco is reshaping snake communities. As forests disappear, unique species vanish and generalists take over, driving a clear homogenization of snake diversity across the region.
#conservation #biogeography #homogenization

1: economic sanctions in Iran and their effects on the Asiatic cheetah;
2: global commodity price crashes and how they influenced jaguar populations in Bolivia, and finally
3: the collapse of the Soviet Union and its consequences for snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan.

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Here we describe how shocks affect carnivore populations, using a social-ecological approach, and three case studies:

#casestudy #shocks #carnivores

Sometimes socioeconomic conditions change suddenly, such as during wars, financial crises or when a pandemic breaks out. Such shocks can affect large carnivores, although this has been rarely studied.

#socioeconomicsystems