Aim The persistence and stability of habitats through time are considered predictors of high
levels of biodiversity in some environments. Long‐term habitat persistence and stability may …

Human-lion conflict is one of the leading threats to lion populations and while livestock loss
is a source of conflict, the degree to which livestock depredation is tolerated by people varies …

Three concurrent global environmental trends are particularly apparent: human population
growth, urbanization, and climate change. Especially in countries such as Ethiopia in the …

In African wildlife conservation literature, southern and southeastern African voices dominate,
giving a false impression of pan-Africanism. We present divergent perspectives from West, …

Globally large carnivores are in decline due to a combination of habitat degradation and
direct human persecution. A survey was conducted in Nechisar national park, Southern …

We assessed losses of livestock to lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus in the
Adiyo and Gimbo districts in Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. We quantified the economic …

Ecological niche modeling (ENM) is increasingly being used in studying the relationship
between species distributions and environmental conditions. The development of ENM software/…

Populations of many frogs have declined alarmingly in recent years, placing nearly one third
of the > 6,000 species under threat of extinction. Declines have been attributed largely to …

Parasitic chytrid fungi have emerged as a significant threat to amphibian species worldwide,
necessitating the development of techniques to isolate these pathogens into culture for …

Lions are one of the world’s most iconic species but are threatened with extinction. Developing
effective range-wide conservation plans are crucial but hampered by the relative lack of …