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New subject editor: Pat White

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...

Call for papers - Disease Ecology

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...

Editor's choice March/April 2023

The editor’s choice is the article by Johnson et al.: “ Assessing the Implications of Sexual Segregation when Surveying White-Tailed Deer ( Odocoileus Virginianus )” Ungulates and many other game species are traditionally hunted during the mating season. As hunting planning...

Call for papers: Wolves Across Borders

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...

Editors choice January/February 2023

The editor’s choice is the article by Lennox et al.: “ Predation research with electronic tagging ” In the early days of wildlife telemetry, using VHF receivers and hand-held antennas, the loss of a tagged animal due to predation was more of a nuisance than an interesting data...

Editor's choice November/December 2022

The editor’s choice is the article by Leif-Egil Loe and Olav Hjeljord: “ The roles of climate and alternative prey in explaining 142 years of declining willow ptarmigan hunting yield ” This study is truly exceptional because it presents one of the longest wildlife time series...

Call for papers - Fencing as a Tool for Conflict Management

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...

Call for papers - Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence in the African context

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...

Editor's choice September/October 2022

The editor’s choice is the article by Burkholder et al. “ Winter habitat selection by female moose in southwestern Montana and effects of snow and temperature ” This paper resulted from the MSc thesis of the first author. Master’s theses too often do not get published, even when...

Editor’s Choice July/August 2022

The editor’s choice is the article by Corlatti et al. Past, present and future of chamois science . Early generations of wildlife ecologists often focused their careers on specific taxonomic groups. They usually started working on a particular species as graduate students,...

Editor's choice May/June 2022

The editor’s choice is the article by Zbinden et al. Long-term trends of reproductive success of black grouse Lyrurus tetrix in the southern Swiss Alps in relation to changes in climate and habitat Climate change and the associated habitat changes affect numerous wildlife...

Editor’s Choice March/April 2022

The editor’s choice is the article by Vissia et al. The effect of body size on co-occurrence patterns within an African carnivore guild Your dog cannot help chasing cats? Typical carnivore habit! Carnivore species tend to avoid, if not kill each other. The strength of carnivore...

Editor's choice January/February 2022

Our first editor’s choice this year is the article by Willebrand et al.: “ Declining survival rates of red foxes during the first outbreak of sarcoptic mange in Sweden ” This paper reports on the demographic consequences of an epidemic on a wildlife population, based on...

Hunting suitability model – a new tool for managing wild ungulates

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...

Quantification of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites as a measure of stress in rock hyrax

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...

Exciting news: new owner and publisher

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...

Red deer exhibit spatial and temporal responses to hiking activity

By Solene Marion Red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) are an iconic species of the Scottish Highlands. In Scotland, red deer populations are predominantly managed by culling, which is necessary to limit their grazing impact on the local vegetation. In this context, it is highly useful...

New subject editor: Klemen Jerina

My name is Klemen Jerina and I was recently appointed as a subject editor for Wildlife Biology. I am wildlife researcher working mostly on ecology, conservation and management of large carnivores and ungulates in Eurasia, especially in central Europe and Balkan. Most of my...

Leveraging local knowledge to estimate wildlife densities using the PLEO method

By Abrar Ahmad As a conservation organization protecting at-risk ecosystems, it is incredibly important for us to understand trends in wildlife populations in our project sites in a quick, reliable, and cost-effective manner. However, conventional methods to estimate wildlife...

New subject editor: Shyamala Ratnayeke

My love for field research in wildlife ecology began with a study on wild primates in south central Asia for my master’s degree. Since then, after starting doctoral work in the USA, I learned lab and field techniques for studying fundamental questions about genetic relatedness...

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