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New Subject Editor: Marco Basile

I am Marco Basile from the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL located near the vibrant city of Zurich, where I live. I recently joined the editorial team at Wildlife Biology. I always enjoyed reading this journal as I am an animal ecologist with a strong interest in bird-...

Editor's choice September/October 2024

The editor’s choice is the article by Hagen et al. “Dead birds flying”: Can North American rehabilitated raptors released into the wild mitigate anthropogenic mortality? ” Conservation practice is full of untested paradigms, and wildlife rehabilitation is one of them. Rescuing,...

Editor's choice: July/August 2024

The editor’s choice is the article by Bison et al.: “ Camera traps reveal seasonal variation in activity and occupancy of the Alpine mountain hare ( Lepus timidus varronis ) ” Even in densely populated and well-studied regions, some elusive species have largely escaped...

Home range and habitat selection of wolves recolonising Central European human-dominated landscapes

By Ales Vorel On April 23, 2024 our team ( Czech University of Life Sciences from Prague ), which conducts telemetry research on wolves in the České Švýcarsko National Park as part of the Interreg Redema project, received information about the hunting of roe deer by at least two...

Wildlife fencing at German highways and federal roads – requirements and management implications

By Falko Brieger In Germany, the high risk of wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVC) is increasing due to increasing traffic volumes and road densities as well as the growing population densities of common ungulate species. To prevent WVC, wildlife fencing is a common tool in Germany...

Machine learning methods to predict occupancy of artificial nestboxes by hazel dormice

An artificial nestbox installed to monitor and mitigate impacts to hazel dormice ( Muscardinus avellanarius ) and two hazel dormice (inset) found during one of our monitoring surveys (photo credits Clara Prieto and Joe Malyan). Hazel dormice are one of the UK’s rarest mammal...

Upcoming special issue: Montoring of grouse in forest ecosystems

Dusky grouse. Photo by Ken Archer. Guest Editors: Lance McNew and Christian Hagen. Rationale: Grouse are ecologically significant species found in various forested habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Efficient and unbiased methods for monitoring these species is crucial...

New Subject Editor: Manisha Bhardwaj

My name is Manisha Bhardwaj and I am a wildlife ecologist, motivated to identify and mitigate the impacts of the built environment and human activity on wildlife. At present, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg, where I am exploring the influence of...

What next? Some practical suggestions for future studies on fence ecology

Photo 1. Photo by Caryl Buton. Trapdoors (in the front) or ramps (in the rear) and other escape devices are used to allow wild ungulates to exit fenced motorway or railway rights of way. By Caryl Buton, Nicolas Kaldonski, François Nowicki and Christine Saint-Andrieux The...

New Subject Editor: Cecilia Di Bernardi

My name is Cecilia Di Bernardi and I am an early-career postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU. My work has so far focused on the ecology of meso- and large carnivores and how intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive their demography,...

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