Resource selection and landscape change reveal mechanisms suppressing population recovery for the world's most endangered antelope

摘要

1. Understanding how bottom-up and top-down forces affect resource selection can inform restoration efforts. With a global population size of < 500 individuals, the hirola Beatragus hunteri is the world's most endangered antelope, with a declining population since the 1970s. While the underlying mechanisms are unclear, some combination of habitat loss and predation are thought to be responsible for low abundances of contemporary populations.