• Human disturbance is the most limiting factor driving habitat selection of a large carnivore throughout Continental Europe 

      Ripari, Lucia; Premier, Joe; Belotti, Elisa; Bluhm, Hendrik; Breitenmoser-Würsten, Christine; Bufka, Luděk; Červený, Jaroslav; Drouet-Hoguet, Nolwenn; Fuxjäger, Christian; Jędrzejewski, Włodzimierz; Kont, Raido; Koubek, Petr; Kowalczyk, Rafał; Krofel, Miha; Krojerová-Prokešová, Jarmila; Molinari-Jobin, Anja; Okarma, Henryk; Oliveira, Teresa; Remm, Jaanus; Schmidt, Krzysztof; Zimmermann, Fridolin; Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie A.; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Habitat selection is a multi-scale process driven by trade-offs between benefits, such as resource abundance, and disadvantages, such as the avoidance of risk. The latter includes human disturbances, to which large carnivores, ...
    • Widespread habitat for Europe's largest herbivores, but poor connectivity limits recolonization 

      Bluhm, Hendrik; Diserens, Tom A.; Engleder, Thomas; Heising, Kaja; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Janík, Tomáš; Jirků, Miloslav; Klich, Daniel; König, Hannes J.; Kowalczyk, Rafał; Kuijper, Dries; Maślanko, Weronika; Michler, Frank-Uwe; Neumann, Wiebke; Oeser, Julian; Olech, Wanda; Perzanowski, Kajetan; Ratkiewicz, Mirosław; Romportl, Dušan; Šálek, Martin; Kuemmerle, Tobias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aim: Several large-mammal species in Europe have recovered and recolonized parts of their historical ranges. Knowing where suitable habitat exists, and thus where range expansions are possible, is important for proactively ...