Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia

Airflows redefine the cost of aerial transport in the wild

Fuel economy matters to both animals and machines, as the cost of transport can determine where, when, and how far locomotion is possible. However, established estimates of these values for animal flight come from laboratories and treat the atmosphere as constant, even though fre...

Dirt road density increased markedly since the 1970s in the Daurian grasslands

Informal dirt roads are widespread and can increase human access and habitat fragmentation in remote landscapes. However, they are rarely mapped, leaving their ecological effects poorly quantified. We assessed changes in dirt road networks across the Daurian Steppe of Mongolia, R...