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Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 Local people's perceptions and attitudes toward wildlife have been advocating for the success of biodiversity conservation. However, area‐specific data on local people's perceptions and attitudes toward carnivore populations and conservation in human ...
Berhanu Gebo +2 more
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Are Carnivorous Plants Carnivorous?
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 1975 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Conservation Science and PracticeLarge carnivores such as the lion are declining across Africa, in part because their large herbivore prey is declining. There is consensus that increased protection from prey depletion will be necessary to reverse the decline of lion populations, but few
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Fencing affects movement patterns of two large carnivores in Southern Africa
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The erection of peripheral fences around protected areas has been shown to adversely affect the movement behavior, genetic connectivity and long-term viability of animal populations. However, fencing is also used extensively to reduce human encroachment,
Dipanjan Naha +8 more
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Long‐Term Changes in Survival of Eurasian Lynx in Three Reintroduced Populations in Switzerland
Ecology and EvolutionFor conservation or management programs, basic data on vital rates are important but often hard to acquire for long‐lived and elusive wildlife species such as large carnivores.
K. Vogt +8 more
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First rangewide density estimate of the endemic and isolated Luangwa giraffe in Zambia
Scientific ReportsThe Luangwa giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi thornicrofti), a subspecies of the Masai giraffe endemic to the Luangwa Valley of northeastern Zambia, inhabits an increasingly human-modified landscape. Accurate and current population estimates are critical to
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Body condition and dosage effects on ketamine–xylazine immobilization of female white‐tailed deer
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013 Ketamine and xylazine are an effective chemical combination for white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) immobilization, but the effects of body condition on ketamine–xylazine efficacy have not been examined.
Jared F. Duquette +3 more
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Using triaxial accelerometry to detect hunts and kills by African wild dogs
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionMost large carnivores feed on prey infrequently and may expend large amounts of energy to locate, capture and kill their prey. This makes them probabilistically vulnerable to fluctuating rates of energy acquisition over time, especially within the ...
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Human-carnivore relations: conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West
Environmental Research Letters, 2019 Carnivore and humans live in proximity due to carnivore recovery efforts and ongoing human encroachment into carnivore habitats globally. The American West is a region that uniquely exemplifies these human-carnivore dynamics, however, it is unclear how ...
Mónica Expósito-Granados +13 more
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