Responses of Sunda clouded leopard Neofelis diardi population density to anthropogenic disturbance: refining estimates of its conservation status in Sabah by Hearn, AJ, Ross, J, Bernard, H, Bakar, SA, Goossens, B, Hunter, LTB, Macdonald, DW

“…Estimates of population density from six forest areas ranged from 1.39 to 3.10 individuals per 100 km2. …”

How important are resistance, dispersal ability, population density and mortality in temporally dynamic simulations of population connectivity?... by Ash, E, Cushman, SA, Macdonald, DW, Redford, T, Kaszta, Ż

“…Dispersal ability, mortality risk and their interaction dominated predictions. Further, population density had intermediate effects, landscape resistance had relatively low impacts, and mitigation of linear barriers (highways) via lowered resistance had little relative effect. …”

Identifying important conservation areas for the clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in a mountainous landscape: Inference from spatial modeling techniques by Penjor, U, Macdonald, DW, Wangchuk, S, Tandin, Tan, CKW

“…Population density was estimated at ̂DBayesian=0.40 (0.10 SD) and ̂Dmaximum−likelihood=0.30 (0.12 SE) per 100 km2. …”

Estimating the density of a small population of leopards Panthera pardus in central Iran using multi-session photographic‐sampling data by Farhadinia, M, Behnoud, P, Hobeali, K, Mousavi, SJ, Hosseini-Zavarei, F, Gholikhani, N, Akbari, H, Braczkowski, A, Eslami, M, Moghadas, P, Macdonald, DW

“…While conservation efforts have focused on these areas for several decades, reliable population density estimates are missing for many of them. …”

Predicting connectivity, population size and genetic diversity of Sunda clouded leopards across Sabah, Borneo by Hearn, AJ, Cushman, SA, Goossens, B, Ross, J, Macdonald, EA, Hunter, LTB, Macdonald, DW

“…</strong> We sought to develop predictions of Sunda clouded leopard population density, genetic diversity and population connectivity across the state of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. …”

Tigers on the edge: mortality and landscape change dominate individual-based spatially-explicit simulations of a small tiger population by Ash, E, Cushman, SA, Redford, T, Macdonald, DW, Kaszta, Z

“…Concurrently, we evaluate sensitivity of predictions to landscape resistance transformation, maximum population density, and spatially-explicit mortality across 20 generations. …”

Vertical relief facilitates spatial segregation of a high density large carnivore population by Farhadinia, MS, Farhadinia, MS, Heit, DR, Montgomery, RA, Johnson, PJ, Hobeali, K, Hunter, L, Macdonald, DW

“…Our approach can enhance understanding of spatial requirements, population density, intra‐guild sympatric competition and conflict management of large felids inhabiting rugged landscapes.…”

Drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus) habitat use and relative abundance in Africa's largest transfrontier conservation area by Searle, CE, Bauer, DT, Kesch, MK, Hunt, JE, Mandisodza-Chikerema, R, Flyman, MV, Macdonald, DW, Dickman, AJ, Loveridge, AJ

“…Our findings also support calls for better assessment of leopard population density in trophy hunting areas, and illustrate the value of N-mixture models to identify factors influencing relative abundance of large carnivores.…”

A fat chance of survival: body condition provides life-history dependent buffering of environmental change in a wild mammal population by Bright Ross, JG, Newman, C, Buesching, CD, Connolly, E, Nakagawa, S, Macdonald, DW

“…Here, we use 29 years of data from a population of wild European badgers (Meles meles) to test how weather and population density affect individual body condition indices (BCIs), how BCI mediates survival rate and reproductive success, and whether long-term BCI phenotypes (fat vs. thin) provide life-history advantages. …”

Assessing the performance of index calibration survey methods to monitor populations of wide-ranging low-density carnivores by Dröge, E, Creel, S, Becker, MS, Loveridge, AJ, Sousa, LL, Macdonald, DW

“…Overstated precision stemmed from discarding the variance from population estimates when developing the method and from treating the conversion from tracks counts to population density as a back-transformation, rather than applying the equation for the variance of a linear function. …”

Camera trapping and spatially explicit capture–recapture for the monitoring and conservation management of lions: Insights from a globally important population in Tanzania by Strampelli, P, Searle, CE, Smit, JB, Henschel, P, Mkuburo, L, Ikanda, D, Macdonald, DW, Dickman, AJ

“…While for many large carnivores population density is often estimated through spatially explicit capture–recapture (SECR) applied to camera trap data, the lack of pelage patterns in lions has limited the application of this technique to the species.…”

Assessing the performance of index calibration survey methods to monitor populations of wide-ranging low-density carnivores: Evaluating index calibration survey methods by Droge, E, Creel, S, Becker, MS, Loveridge, AJ, Sousa, LL, Macdonald, DW

“…Overstated precision stemmed from discarding the variance from population estimates when developing the method and from treating the conversion from tracks counts to population density as a back‐transformation, rather than applying the equation for the variance of a linear function. …”

Density and occupancy of leopard cats across different forest types in Cambodia by Pin, C, Phan, C, Kamler, JF, Rostro-García, S, Penjor, U, In, V, Crouthers, R, Macdonald, EA, Chou, S, Macdonald, DW

“…The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is the most common wild felid in Southeast Asia, yet little is known about the factors that affect their population density and occupancy in natural habitats. Although leopard cats are highly adaptable and reportedly can attain high densities in human-modified habitats, it is not clear which natural habitat is optimal for the species. …”