Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology

Removing wolves did not reliably prevent domestic animal losses

Abstract Humans usually try to kill wild animals that they perceive as threats. However, many scientific findings have raised doubts that killing solves wildlife damage to property. With scant, low‐quality data, uncertainty persists. We reviewed recent studies of killing gray wol...

Testing the reliability of a camera‐trap based abundance proxy for assessing mountain ungulate populations

Abstract Monitoring wildlife abundance is important for understanding species population status and trends and, thus, for informing conservation planning and wildlife management. Yet, abundance monitoring can be challenging and costly to implement, particularly for wildlife of co...