Area of research
Ecology · Ecological Modeling
Research interest
Research interests include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.
Space use of a diverse megafauna community in a rewilding area in the southwestern Carpathians
Exploring spatial patterns of human–bear conflict in southwestern Iran due to future land-use change
Snow leopards, prey, and pastoralists: Understanding the impacts of climate change on human–wildlife coexistence in Central Asia
Reflecting on the role of human‐felid conflict and local use in big cat trade
Effectiveness of protected areas in the Caucasus Mountains in preventing rangeland degradation
Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America
Mapping opportunities and barriers for coexistence between people and pumas in the Argentine Dry Chaco
Determinants of livestock depredation risk by Persian leopards in southern Iran
Governance and Conservation Effectiveness in Protected Areas and Indigenous and Locally Managed Areas
Enabling spaces for bridging scales: scanning solutions for interdisciplinary human-environment research
Advancing protected area effectiveness assessments by disentangling social‐ecological interactions: A case study from the Luangwa Valley, Zambia
Changing patterns of conflict between humans, carnivores and crop-raiding prey as large carnivores recolonize human-dominated landscapes
Quantifying the relationship between prey density, livestock and illegal killing of leopards
Understanding spatial patterns of poaching pressure using ranger logbook data to optimize future patrolling strategies
Analysis of differences and commonalities in wildlife hunting across the Africa-Europe South-North gradient
An Outcome-Oriented, Social–Ecological Framework for Assessing Protected Area Effectiveness
Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning
Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management
Reducing persecution is more effective for restoring large carnivores than restoring their prey
Rear‐edge populations are important for understanding climate change risk and adaptation potential of threatened species
Mapping connectivity and conflict risk to identify safe corridors for the Persian leopard
Identifying priority areas for restoring mountain ungulates in the Caucasus ecoregion
Water availability limits brown bear distribution at the southern edge of its global range
Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores
Assessing niche overlap between domestic and threatened wild sheep to identify conservation priority areas
Livestock grazing in protected areas and its effects on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran
Quantity Does Not Always Mean Quality: The Importance of Qualitative Social Science in Conservation Research
Diet of Asiatic black bear in its westernmost distribution range, southern Iran
Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (<i>Panthera pardus</i>) in north-eastern Iran
After sanctions: the urge to upgrade and integrate conservation in Iran