Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to global biodiversity. Felids, among the
many taxa experiencing population declines and range contraction around the world, are …

Context Habitat loss and fragmentation are main drivers of biodiversity loss and are occurring
at an accelerating rate globally. Carnivores are often subject to persecution and conflict …

Co‐occurring carnivore species that are phylogenetically related or of similar size, morphology,
and ecological needs often reduce competition by partitioning shared resources through …

… Mohammad S. Farhadinia for his support during the review process. … Mohammad Ali
Adibi obtained the Persian leopard presence records and reviewed the manuscript. …

Wildlife–vehicle collisions are an important cause of mortality for many animal species.
They also prove extremely detrimental to the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx …

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the widespread felids in Eurasia; however, relatively
little is known about the Asian subspecies, and especially the Iranian populations, which …

Caracal is one of 10 cat’s species in Iran that lives in plain and desert. Major changes in
natural ecosystems and increasing desertification, threatens the habitat of Caracal and its …

Combining genetic data with ecological niche models is an effective approach for exploring
climatic and nonclimatic environmental variables affecting spatial patterns of intraspecific …

One of the ordinary methods to protect, rehabilitate, and enhance an ecosystem function in
arid and semi-arid areas of the world is sand dune stabilization using biological practices. …

We report the fabrication and experimental characterization of an ultra-high Q microdisk
resonator in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. We examine the role of the substrate in the …