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Spatial heterogeneity facilitates carnivore coexistence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Competitively dominant carnivore species can limit the population sizes and alter the behavior of inferior competitors. Established mechanisms that enable carnivore coexistence include spatial and temporal avoidance of dominant predator species by ...
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Long‐Term Demography of Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in a Lion‐Depleted but Prey‐Rich Ecosystem

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Interspecific competition has strongly shaped the evolution of large carnivore guilds. In Africa, the lion (Panthera leo) and spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta, hereafter hyena) exert direct and indirect competitive impacts on each other and on subordinate ...
S. Martens   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term data reveal fitness costs of anthropogenic prey depletion for a subordinate competitor, the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Within carnivore guilds, dominant competitors (e.g., lions, Panthera leo) are limited primarily by the density of prey, while subordinate competitors (e.g., African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus) have been limited by the density of dominant competitors ...
Johnathan Reyes de Merkle   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cable neck‐restraint to live‐capture coyotes

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2014
We evaluated a cable neck‐restraint for live capture of coyotes (Canis latrans) in Michigan, USA, from 6 January to 22 March 2011. We documented capture efficiency, selectivity, and animal welfare using criteria developed by the Association of Fish and ...
Michael T. Wegan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consumption of Carnivores by Wolves: A Worldwide Analysis of Patterns and Drivers

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
The occurrence of carnivore species in wolf diet has been overlooked and poorly studied despite the potential implications for wolf ecology and wildlife management.
Inês Martins   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The media and scientific literature are increasingly reporting an escalation of large carnivore attacks on humans in North America and Europe. Although rare compared to human fatalities by other wildlife, the media often overplay large carnivore attacks ...
Pinchera, Francesco   +28 more
core   +1 more source

Florence Burgat, L’Humanité carnivore [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Tel un (sanglant) fil rouge, une question ouvre, parcourt et clôture – avec ses échappées d’avenir – cet ouvrage remarquable par la richesse de sa documentation et la pertinence de ses interrogations : pourquoi l’humanité est-elle devenue carnivore ?
Armengaud, Françoise
core   +1 more source

Performance payments for carnivore conservation in Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Solving carnivore-livestock conflicts is essential if goals to preserve biodiversity conservation are taken seriously and livelihoods especially of poor livestock owners are to be safeguarded.
Holm-Muller, Karin, Zabel, Astrid
core   +1 more source

Human-carnivore coexistence in the Tarangire ecosystem

open access: yes, 2022
Facilitating coexistence between humans and large carnivores is one of the most complex and pressing conservation issues globally. Large carnivores pose threats to human security and private property, and people may respond to those risks with ...
Lichtenfeld, Laly L   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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