Aim Although bats of the Caribbean have been studied extensively, previous work is largely restricted to zoogeography, phylogeography or the effects of island characteristics on species richness. Variation among islands in species composition that is related to geographical or environmental variation remains poorly understood for much of the Caribbean. Location Caribbean islands, including the ...

Europe and North America share a similar history in the extirpation and subsequent recovery of large carnivore and ungulate species. Both continents face challenges and opportunities for managing human-wildlife conflict at the junction of livestock production and wildlife conservation. Predation of livestock and disease transmission between wildlife and livestock is an ongoing and escalating wo...

In human-populated landscapes, dogs (Canis familiaris) are often the most abundant terrestrial carnivore. However, dogs can significantly disrupt or modify intact ecosystems well beyond the areas occupied by people. Few studies have directly quantified the environmental or economic effects of free-roaming and feral dogs. Here, we review wildlife-dog interactions and provide a case study that fo...

We are in the middle of a period of rapid and substantial environmental change. One impact of this upheaval is increasing contact between humans and other animals, including wildlife that take advantage of anthropogenic foods. As a result of increased interaction, the evolution and function of many species may be altered through time via processes including domestication and hybridization, pote...

Context Livestock depredation is a major medium- and large-carnivore conservation challenge around the globe, causing substantial economic loss to small-scale agricultural communities in Wolaita Highlands, southern Ethiopia, often leading retaliatory killing. In livestock rates are increasing because of conversion wild habitats into grazing lands. Various studies have examined interactions betw...

Michelle Thorn*, Matthew Green, Philip W. Bateman, Elissa Z. Cameron, Richard W. Yarnell & Dawn M. Scott Biology Division, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, U.K. Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa School of Animal, Rural and Environment Sciences, Nottingham Tre...