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Using triaxial accelerometry to detect hunts and kills by African wild dogs

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Most 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 ...
James Redcliffe, Scott Creel, Scott Creel, Ben Goodheart, Ben Goodheart, Johnathan Reyes de Merkle, Johnathan Reyes de Merkle, Stephani S. Matsushima, Michelo Mungolo, Ruth Kabwe, Emmanuel Kaseketi, Will Donald, Adrian Kaluka, Clive Chifunte, Matthew S. Becker, Matthew S. Becker, Rory Wilson   +16 more
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The relationship between form and function of the carnivore mandible

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dietary morphology diversified extensively in Carnivoraformes (living Carnivora and their stem relatives) during the Cenozoic (the last 66 million years) as they evolved to capture, handle, and process new animal and plant diets. We used 3D geometric morphometrics, mechanical advantage, and finite element analysis to test the evolutionary ...
Charles J. Salcido, P. David Polly
wiley   +1 more source

Local attitudes toward Apennine brown bears: Insights for conservation issues [PDF]

, 2019
Human-carnivore coexistence is a multi-faceted issue that requires an understanding of the diverse attitudes and perspectives of the communities living with large carnivores. To inform initiatives that encourage behaviors in line with conservation goals,
Boitani L., Boitani L., Ciucci P., Eagly A. H., Faraway J. J., Febbo D., Fox J., Glikman J. A., Latini R., Likert R., Linnell J. D. C., Osborne J. W., Tabachnick B. G., Thompson R., Vaske J. J., Warner R. M.   +15 more
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Asynchronous food-web pathways could buffer the response of Serengeti predators to El Niño southern oscillation [PDF]

, 2013
Understanding how entire ecosystems maintain stability in the face of climatic and human disturbance is one of the most fundamental challenges in ecology.
Bukombe, J., Byrom, A.E., Cleaveland, S., Craft, M.E., Dempewolf, J., Durant, S.M., Forrester, G.J., Fryxell, J.M., Hampson, K., Hilborn, R., Lembo, T., Mchetto, J., Mduma, S.A.R., Metzger, K.L., Mosser, A., Nkwabi, A., Packer, C., Sinclair, A.R.E.   +17 more
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Inter‐microscope comparability of dental microwear texture data obtained from different optical profilometers: Part I Reproducibility of diet inference using different instruments

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) has become a well‐established method for dietary inference and reconstruction in both extant and extinct mammals and other tetrapods. As the volume of available data continues to grow, researchers could benefit from combining published data from various studies to perform meta‐analyses.
Daniela E. Winkler, Mugino O. Kubo
wiley   +1 more source

Management of wolf and lynx conflicts with human interests [PDF]

, 2007
In many areas viable populations of large carnivores are political goals. One of the most important factors in order to achieve viable large carnivore populations is human tolerance for presence of large carnivores.
Karlsson, Jens
core  

Scalable Greedy Algorithms for Transfer Learning

, 2016
In this paper we consider the binary transfer learning problem, focusing on how to select and combine sources from a large pool to yield a good performance on a target task.
Caputo, Barbara, Kuzborskij, Ilja, Orabona, Francesco   +2 more
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From armadillos to sloths: Patterns and variations in xenarthran coronary anatomy

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Species of the superorder Xenarthra play a vital ecological role in the Neotropics. Despite their evolutionary significance, anatomical studies on their coronary circulation remain scarce. This study investigated the coronary anatomy of 82 hearts from nine Xenarthra species across the Dasypodidae, Myrmecophagidae, and Bradypodidae.
Wilson Viotto‐Souza, André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Marcelo Abidu‐Figueiredo, Thaís Aparecida Silva, Rodrigo Ananias Barreiros Silva, Paulo de Souza‐Junior   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mammalian carnivore occupancy is inversely related to presence of domestic dogs in the high Andes of Ecuador

PLoS ONE, 2018
Although the Andes have long been occupied by people, habitat loss, fragmentation through deforestation, and other human activities such as introduction of invasive species have increased drastically during the past century.
G. Zapata-Ríos, L. Branch
semanticscholar   +1 more source

T. rex cognition was T. rex‐like—A critical outlook on diverging views of the neurocognitive evolution in dinosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract A recent debate has emerged between Caspar et al. (2024) and Herculano‐Houzel (2023) on inferring extinct dinosaur cognition by estimating brain neuron counts. While thought‐provoking, the discussion largely overlooks the function of cognition, as well as partly neglects the difficulties involved in estimating neuron numbers, which according ...
Thomas Rejsenhus Jensen, Ivo Jacobs, Kristina Kverková, Lona Lalić, Alexandra Polonyiová, Patrik Stehlík, Stephan A. Reber, Mathias Osvath   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source