By Paul Griesberger, Leopold Obermair, Josef Zandl, Gabrielle Stalder, Walter Arnold, Klaus Hackländer In many regions worldwide, effective wildlife management in human-dominated landscapes is important due to increasing numbers of wild ungulates. This is especially true in...
My name is Lu Zhang and it is my great pleasure to join Wildlife Biology as a subject editor. I completed my PhD at Peking University in China, focused on the ecology and conservation of threatened Przewalski's gazelle on the Tibetan Plateau. I then moved to Memphis TN and...
My name is Kaya Klop-Toker , I am a conservation biologist specializing in population ecology and adaptive management of threatened amphibians. I am particularly interested in understanding the often multi-faceted mechanisms behind amphibian decline, and how we can use this...
My name is Cécile Richard-Hansen, and I'm happy to join the editorial board of Wildlife Biology as a new Subject Editor. I look forward to contribute to the development of neotropical topics in the journal! After a PhD focused on mountain Ungulates in France (Toulouse University...
My name is Pat White and I look forward to contributing to Wildlife Biology as a subject editor. I am a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland and a member of our Centre for Conservation & Restoration Science. I have worked on various research projects relating...
Photo by Ilse Storch. Diseases have gained significant importance in wildlife ecology and management in recent years. Chronic wasting disease (CWD, a fatal prion disease in Cervids that has been known in North America for some time, has recently been found also in Norway and...
Photo by Jim Peaco. Public domain National Park Service. Wolves have always been at the center of human-wildlife conflict, and their management is politically polarized and contentious. Furthermore, the world’s wolf population ranges across an incredibly diverse collection of...
Photo by Göran Borglin. Human-modification of the environment has resulted in a steady increase in human-wildlife spatial overlap and interactions. When these interactions threaten or result in damage to human property or safety, they are deemed to be “conflicts”. As a result, a...
Photo by Brutus Östling. Human-wildlife interactions are projected to increase globally in association with human population growth, expansion of settlements, human access to previously undisturbed areas, and increasing anthropogenic demand for resources. Some of the most...
By Elisabetta Carlin Although rock hyrax ( Procavia capensis ) is an abundant species in urban areas of South Africa, very little is known about levels of stress experienced when exposed to human activities. Previous endocrine studies investigating stress hormone levels related...
The Oikos Editorial Office have some quite exciting news to share with our Wildlife Biology readers and authors. First, the Nordic Society Oikos has taken over the ownership of Wildlife Biology from NKV. The change in ownership was mutually agreed by NKV and NSO, allowing...