Luke Hecht's Outputs (4)

Improving wild animal welfare through contraception (2024)
Journal Article
Eckerström Liedholm, S., Hecht, L., & Elliott, V. (2024). Improving wild animal welfare through contraception. Bioscience, 74(10), 695-700. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae071

To date, research on the welfare impacts of wildlife contraceptives has mostly been focused on the potential harms of contraceptives. However, there are compelling theoretical reasons to expect direct and indirect welfare benefits of wildlife contrac... Read More about Improving wild animal welfare through contraception.

The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare (2021)
Journal Article
Hecht, L. (2021). The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare. Biological Reviews, 96(6), 2602-2616. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12769

Wild animals experience different challenges and opportunities as they mature, and this variety of experiences can lead to different levels of welfare characterizing the day-to-day lives of individuals of different ages. At the same time, most wild a... Read More about The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare.

Assessing the evolutionary persistence of ecological relationships: a review and preview (2020)
Journal Article
Hecht, L. B., Thompson, P. C., & Rosenthal, B. M. (2020). Assessing the evolutionary persistence of ecological relationships: a review and preview. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 84, Article 104441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104441

Species interactions, such as pollination, parasitism and predation, form the basis of functioning ecosystems. The origins and resilience of such interactions therefore merit attention. However, fossils only occasionally document ancient interactions... Read More about Assessing the evolutionary persistence of ecological relationships: a review and preview.

What is the value of wild animal welfare for restoration ecology? (2020)
Journal Article
Capozzelli, J. F., Hecht, L., & Halsey, S. J. (2020). What is the value of wild animal welfare for restoration ecology?. Restoration Ecology, 28(2), 267-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13114

The restoration community continues to discuss what constitutes good environmental stewardship. One area of tension is the extent to which the wellbeing of wild animals should inform restoration efforts. We discuss three ways that the perspective of... Read More about What is the value of wild animal welfare for restoration ecology?.