Big cats kill more livestock when wild prey reaches a minimum threshold

Igor Khorozyan, Arash Ghoddousi, Mahmood Soofi, +1

Biological Conservation

Big CatsFeral AnimalWildlife EcologyMammalogyEvolutionary Biology +6

Livestock grazing in protected areas and its effects on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran

Mahmood Soofi, Arash Ghoddousi, Thorsten Zeppenfeld, +13

Biological Conservation

EngineeringRangeland ProductivityLand UseMammalogyAnimal Science +11

The decline of ungulate populations in Iranian protected areas calls for urgent action against poaching

Arash Ghoddousi, Mahmood Soofi, Amirhossein Kh. Hamidi, +7

Oryx

Population EstimatesUngulate PopulationsEngineeringWildlife EcologyAnimal Protection +10

Effects of ranger stations on predator and prey distribution and abundance in an<scp>I</scp>ranian steppe landscape

Arash Ghoddousi, Amirhossein Kh. Hamidi, Mahmood Soofi, +3

Animal Conservation

Spatial EcologyEngineeringWildlife EcologyBiogeographyLand Use +11

Assessing the Role of Livestock in Big Cat Prey Choice Using Spatiotemporal Availability Patterns

Arash Ghoddousi, Mahmood Soofi, Amirhossein Kh. Hamidi, +5

PLoS ONE

ForagingEngineeringBig Cat DietsWildlife EcologyAnimal Science +10

Mapping connectivity and conflict risk to identify safe corridors for the Persian leopard

Arash Ghoddousi, Benjamin Bleyhl, Clara Sichau, +6

Landscape Ecology

Diet of Asiatic black bear in its westernmost distribution range, southern Iran

Taher Ghadirian, Ali Turk Qashqaei, Mahmood Soofi, +2

Ursus

NutritionAsiatic Black BearsEngineeringWesternmost Distribution RangeAnimal Protection +9

Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (<i>Panthera pardus</i>) in north-eastern Iran

Igor Khorozyan, Mahmood Soofi, Mobin Soufi, +3

PeerJ

Assessing niche overlap between domestic and threatened wild sheep to identify conservation priority areas

Benjamin Bleyhl, Marine Arakelyan, Elshad Askerov, +15

Diversity and Distributions

BiodiversityConservation Priority AreasEngineeringWildlife EcologyBiogeography +12

Precision and reliability of indirect population assessments for the Caspian red deer <i>Cervus elaphus maral</i>

Mahmood Soofi, Arash Ghoddousi, Amirhossein Kh. Hamidi, +7

Wildlife Biology

Population SizeEngineeringWildlife EcologyMammalogyIndirect Population Assessments +10