Adapting to Scarcity: How Drought Impacts Large Carnivore Movement

This blog post is provided by Leigh West and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Droughts reshape apex predator space use and intraguild overlap” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Together with colleagues, Leigh explores how drought influences the movements and competitive dynamics of four key predators in Botswana’s Okavango Delta: lions, leopards, African wild dogs, and cheetahs. In the dynamic … Continue reading Adapting to Scarcity: How Drought Impacts Large Carnivore Movement

Lizard population responses to climate and fire regimes: new pathways to ecological resilience

This blog post is provided by Heitor Sousa and Rob Salguero-Gómez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Severe fire regimes decrease resilience of ectothermic populations”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Heitor, Rob and colleagues found that intermediate fire regimes may be the most conducive to resistance for several Cerrado lizard species, and that variation in life … Continue reading Lizard population responses to climate and fire regimes: new pathways to ecological resilience