Search Results - "Tomaž Skrbinšek"

Effects of different environmental and sampling variables on the genotyping success in field-collected scat samples: a brown bear case study by Tomaž Skrbinšek

“…The paper investigates how different field conditions and sample characteristics influence genotyping success in field-collected brown bear scat samples…”
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A reduced SNP panel to trace gene flow across southern European wolf populations and detect hybridization with other Canis taxa by Stronen, Astrid Vik, Mattucci, Federica, Fabbri, Elena, Galaverni, Marco, Cocchiararo, Berardino, Nowak, Carsten, Godinho, Raquel, Ruiz-González, Aritz, Kusak, Josip, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Randi, Ettore, Vlasseva, Albena, Mucci, Nadia, Caniglia, Romolo

“…Intra- and inter-specific gene flow are natural evolutionary processes. However, human-induced hybridization is a global conservation concern across taxa, and…”
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Wolf population genetics in Europe: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and suggestions for conservation and management by Hindrikson, Maris, Remm, Jaanus, Pilot, Malgorzata, Godinho, Raquel, Stronen, Astrid Vik, Baltrūnaité, Laima, Czarnomska, Sylwia D., Leonard, Jennifer A., Randi, Ettore, Nowak, Carsten, Åkesson, Mikael, López‐Bao, José Vicente, Álvares, Francisco, Llaneza, Luis, Echegaray, Jorge, Vilà, Carles, Ozolins, Janis, Rungis, Dainis, Aspi, Jouni, Paule, Ladislav, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Saarma, Urmas

“…ABSTRACT The grey wolf (Canis lupus) is an iconic large carnivore that has increasingly been recognized as an apex predator with intrinsic value and a keystone…”
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Use of GPS location clusters analysis to study predation, feeding, and maternal behavior of the Eurasian lynx by Krofel, Miha, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Kos, Ivan

“…Analysis of global positioning system (GPS) location clusters (GLCs) is becoming increasingly popular in studies of carnivore ecology. While promising, this…”
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Wolf genetic diversity compared across Europe using the yardstick method by Jan, Maja, Stronen, Astrid Vik, Boljte, Barbara, Černe, Rok, Huber, Đuro, Iosif, Ruben, Kljun, Franc, Konec, Marjeta, Kos, Ivan, Krofel, Miha, Kusak, Josip, Luštrik, Roman, Majić Skrbinšek, Aleksandra, Promberger–Füerpass, Barbara, Potočnik, Hubert, Rigg, Robin, Trontelj, Peter, Skrbinšek, Tomaž

“…Integrating data across studies with traditional microsatellite genetic markers requires careful calibration and represents an obstacle for investigation of…”
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Dispersal of a wolf with complex ancestry from the Dinaric–Alpine region to Germany demonstrates the value of transboundary monitoring networks by Konec, Marjeta, Collet, Sebastian, Nowak, Carsten, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Stronen, Astrid Vik

“…Large carnivores such as wolves (Canis lupus) at times disperse distances of several hundred kilometers, which may enable gene flow over vast distances. Such…”
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Combining phylogenetic and demographic inferences to assess the origin of the genetic diversity in an isolated wolf population by Montana, Luca, Caniglia, Romolo, Galaverni, Marco, Fabbri, Elena, Ahmed, Atidje, Bolfíková, Barbora Černá, Czarnomska, Sylwia D, Galov, Ana, Godinho, Raquel, Hindrikson, Maris, Hulva, Pavel, Jędrzejewska, Bogumiła, Jelenčič, Maja, Kutal, Miroslav, Saarma, Urmas, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Randi, Ettore

“…The survival of isolated small populations is threatened by both demographic and genetic factors. Large carnivores declined for centuries in most of Europe due…”
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Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears by Barlow, Axel, Cahill, James A., Hartmann, Stefanie, Theunert, Christoph, Xenikoudakis, Georgios, Fortes, Gloria G., Paijmans, Johanna L. A., Rabeder, Gernot, Frischauf, Christine, Grandal-d’Anglade, Aurora, García-Vázquez, Ana, Murtskhvaladze, Marine, Saarma, Urmas, Anijalg, Peeter, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Bertorelle, Giorgio, Gasparian, Boris, Bar-Oz, Guy, Pinhasi, Ron, Slatkin, Montgomery, Dalén, Love, Shapiro, Beth, Hofreiter, Michael

“…Although many large mammal species went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, their DNA may persist due to past episodes of interspecies admixture…”
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Shaping species conservation strategies using mtDNA analysis: The case of the elusive Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) by Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Gaughran, Stephen, Aguilar, Alex, Dendrinos, Panagiotis, Huber, Djuro, Pires, Rosa, Schultz, Jennifer, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Amato, George

“…Halting biodiversity loss is one of the major conservation challenges of our time and science-based conservation actions are required to safeguard the survival…”
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All carnivores are not equal in the rural people's view. Should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts? by Trajçe, Aleksandër, Ivanov, Gjorge, Keçi, Erjola, Majić, Aleksandra, Melovski, Dime, Mersini, Kujtim, Mustafa, Sabit, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Stojanov, Aleksandar, Todorovska, Aleksandra, von Arx, Manuela, Linnell, John D.C.

“…We tested differences in attitudes towards bears, wolves and lynx among the rural public in Albania and Macedonia through information collected from a…”
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Population genetic structure in a rapidly expanding mesocarnivore: golden jackals in the Dinaric-Pannonian region by Stronen, Astrid Vik, Konec, Marjeta, Boljte, Barbara, Bošković, Ivica, Gačić, Dragan, Galov, Ana, Heltai, Miklós, Jelenčič, Maja, Kljun, Franc, Kos, Ivan, Kovačič, Tamara, Lanszki, József, Pintur, Krunoslav, Pokorny, Boštjan, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Suchentrunk, Franz, Szabó, László, Šprem, Nikica, Tomljanović, Kristijan, Potočnik, Hubert

“…Species range expansions and (re)colonization of landscapes variously dominated by humans occur on a global scale. Understanding such range enlargements and…”
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Range and local population densities of brown bear Ursus arctos in Slovenia by Jerina, Klemen, Jonozovič, Marko, Krofel, Miha, Skrbinšek, Tomaž

“…Solid understanding of species’ range and local population densities is important for successful wildlife management and research. Specific behavioral and…”
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Characteristics of spatial use and importance of landscape features for recovering populations of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) by Hubert Potočnik, Jaka Črtalič, Ivan Kos, Tomaž Skrbinšek

“…Following the extirpation from Central and Southeastern Europe by the end of the 19th  century, Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) was reintroduced in the Alps and…”
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Decades of population genetic research reveal the need for harmonization of molecular markers: the grey wolf Canis lupus as a case study by de Groot, G. Arjen, Nowak, Carsten, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Andersen, Liselotte W., Aspi, Jouni, Fumagalli, Luca, Godinho, Raquel, Harms, Verena, Jansman, Hugh A.H., Liberg, Olof, Marucco, Francesca, Mysłajek, Robert W., Nowak, Sabina, Pilot, Małgorzata, Randi, Ettore, Reinhardt, Ilka, Śmietana, Wojciech, Szewczyk, Maciej, Taberlet, Pierre, Vilà, Carles, Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta

“…Following protection measures implemented since the 1970s, large carnivores are currently increasing in number and returning to areas from which they were…”
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Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears by Barlow, Axel, Cahill, James A., Hartmann, Stefanie, Theunert, Christoph, Xenikoudakis, Georgios, Fortes, Gloria G., Paijmans, Johanna L. A., Rabeder, Gernot, Frischauf, Christine, Grandal-d’Anglade, Aurora, García-Vázquez, Ana, Murtskhvaladze, Marine, Saarma, Urmas, Anijalg, Peeter, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Bertorelle, Giorgio, Gasparian, Boris, Bar-Oz, Guy, Pinhasi, Ron, Slatkin, Montgomery, Dalén, Love, Shapiro, Beth, Hofreiter, Michael

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Population genetic parameters of brown bears in western Serbia: implications for research and conservation by Karamanlidis, Alexandros A, Paunović, Milan, Ćirović, Duško, Karapandža, Branko, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Zedrosser, Andreas

“…The Alps–Dinaric–Pindos (ADP) bear population is considered to be one of the largest populations remaining in Europe. Despite its international importance for…”
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Illegal killings may hamper brown bear recovery in the Eastern Alps by Kaczensky, Petra, Jerina, Klemen, Jonozovič, Marko, Krofel, Miha, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Rauer, Georg, Kos, Ivan, Gutleb, Bernhard

“…Illegal killings are a major threat to wildlife conservation worldwide. Combating illegal killings and understanding the motives behind them are among the top…”
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Recovery of large carnivores in Europe's modern human-dominated landscapes by Chapron, Guillaume, Kaczensky, Petra, Linnell, John D. C., von Arx, Manuela, Huber, Djuro, Andrén, Henrik, López-Bao, José Vicente, Adamec, Michal, Álvares, Francisco, Anders, Ole, Balčiauskas, Linas, Balys, Vaidas, Bedő, Péter, Bego, Ferdinand, Blanco, Juan Carlos, Breitenmoser, Urs, Brøseth, Henrik, Bufka, Luděk, Bunikyte, Raimonda, Ciucci, Paolo, Dutsov, Alexander, Engleder, Thomas, Fuxjäger, Christian, Groff, Claudio, Holmala, Katja, Hoxha, Bledi, Iliopoulos, Yorgos, Ionescu, Ovidiu, Jeremić, Jasna, Jerina, Klemen, Kluth, Gesa, Knauer, Felix, Kojola, Ilpo, Kos, Ivan, Krofel, Miha, Kubala, Jakub, Kunovac, Saša, Kusak, Josip, Kutal, Miroslav, Liberg, Olof, Majić, Aleksandra, Männil, Peep, Manz, Ralph, Marboutin, Eric, Marucco, Francesca, Melovski, Dime, Mersini, Kujtim, Mertzanis, Yorgos, Mysłajek, Robert W., Nowak, Sabina, Odden, John, Ozolins, Janis, Palomero, Guillermo, Paunović, Milan, Persson, Jens, Potočnik, Hubert, Quenette, Pierre-Yves, Rauer, Georg, Reinhardt, Ilka, Rigg, Robin, Ryser, Andreas, Salvatori, Valeria, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Stojanov, Aleksandar, Swenson, Jon E., Szemethy, László, Trajçe, Aleksandër, Tsingarska-Sedefcheva, Elena, Váňa, Martin, Veeroja, Rauno, Wabakken, Petter, Wölfl, Manfred, Wölfl, Sybille, Zimmermann, Fridolin, Zlatanova, Diana, Boitani, Luigi

“…The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a data set on the past and current status of brown bears…”
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Status and distribution of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx L.) in Slovenia in 2000–2004 and comparison with the years 1995–1999 by Iztok Koren, Marko Jonozovič, Ivan Kos, Tomaž Skrbinšek

“…We have analysed recorded signs of lynx presence in Slovenia for the period 2000 – 2004 and compared them with the 1995 – 1999 period to determine population…”
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Genetic and demographic history define a conservation strategy for earth’s most endangered pinniped, the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus by Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Amato, George, Dendrinos, Panagiotis, Gaughran, Stephen, Kasapidis, Panagiotis, Kopatz, Alexander, Stronen, Astrid Vik

“…The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a flagship species for marine conservation, but important aspects of its life history remain unknown…”
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