Wildlife conservation and management is evolving to address new challenges that encompass diverse socio-economic, political, and ecological demands. The traditional expert-driven approach has shifted towards an inclusive stakeholder-driven form of management, necessitating multidisciplinary research and stakeholder input. Modern wildlife management therefore requires the bridging of research and practice, with policymakers bal...

Producing accurate and reliable inference from animal social network analysis depends on the sampling strategy during data collection. An increasing number of studies now use large-scale deployment of GPS tags to collect data on social behaviour. However, these can rarely capture whole populations or sample at very high frequencies. To date, little guidance exists when making prior decisions about how to maximise sampling effo...

Conservation grazing uses semi-feral or domesticated herbivores to limit encroachment in open areas and to promote biodiversity. However, we are still unaware of its effects on wild herbivores. This study investigates the influence of herded sheep and goats on red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) spatial behavior by testing three a-priori hypotheses: (i) red deer are expected to avoid areas used by livestock, as well as adjacent areas,...

Wildlife feeding activities are growing as a trend in recent years, with wild ruminants (e.g. deer in urban parks) receiving an increasingly unnatural diet as a result of public attention. The effects of diet on the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants have been established in the context of animal agriculture, with highly modified diets driving morphological changes in the rumen papillae. However, these dietary effects have no...

The conflict between free-ranging livestock and wildlife is a serious conservation concern across rural communities worldwide. Livestock may affect wild herbivores via direct competition for resources due to spatial and diet overlap or via behavioural interference. It is imperative that we disentangle the effects of livestock on wildlife behaviour to obtain an empirical basis able to stir management and conservation decisions....

Aim We aimed to describe the large‐scale patterns in population density of roe deer Caprelous capreolus in Europe and to determine the factors shaping variation in their abundance. Location Europe. Methods We collated data on roe deer population density from 72 localities spanning 25° latitude and 48° longitude and analysed them in relation to a range of environmental factors: vegetation productivity (approximated by the fract...