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...
Dusky grouse. Photo by Ken Archer. Guest Editors: Christian Hagen, Lance McNew and Emmanuel Menoni. Rationale: Grouse are ecologically significant species found in various forested habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Efficient and unbiased methods for monitoring these...
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...
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...
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,...
The editor’s choice is the article by Natasha Ellison et al.: “ Combining animal interactions and habitat selection into models of space use: a case study with white-tailed deer ”. For a long time, researchers have relied on static habitat maps to explain wildlife space use...
The editor’s choice is the article by Highway et al. “ Hunting constrains wintering mallard response to habitat and environmental conditions ”. Viewed through an ecological lens, hunters are predators. While the immediate effect of hunting mortality on population structure and...
The editor’s choice is the article by Kirol and Fedy: “ Using individual-based habitat selection analyses to understand the nuances of habitat use in an anthropogenic landscape: a case study using greater sage-grouse trying to raise young in an oil and gas field ”. Wildlife...
As humans encroach into wild spaces, so too does our infrastructure. It is well known that linear infrastructure such as roads, fences, and power lines pose as barriers to wildlife movement, by both physical and behavioural means. However, what is more uncertain is if these...
Figure 1. Using a spotlight to track female greater sage-grouse at night to determine if the female has chicks. In this study we sought to understand habitat selection and avoidance behaviors of female greater sage-grouse raising young in an oil and gas field. To accomplish this...
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