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The trophic distribution of biomass in ecosystems with co-occurring wildlife and livestock [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Trophic interactions regulate populations, but anthropogenic processes influence primary productivity and consumption by both herbivore and carnivore species.
James D. M. Speed, Anna Sobocinski, Anders L. Kolstad, John D. C. Linnell, Erling J. Solberg, Jenny Mattisson, Gunnar Austrheim   +6 more
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Anticoagulant rodenticides on our public and community lands: spatial distribution of exposure and poisoning of a rare forest carnivore. [PDF]

, 2012
Anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) poisoning has emerged as a significant concern for conservation and management of non-target wildlife. The purpose for these toxicants is to suppress pest populations in agricultural or urban settings.
Barrett, Reginald H, Clifford, Deana L, Gabriel, Mourad W, Higley, J Mark, Keller, Stefan M, Matthews, Sean M, Poppenga, Robert, Purcell, Kathryn, Sacks, Benjamin N, Sweitzer, Rick A, Thompson, Craig, Wengert, Greta M, Woods, Leslie W   +12 more
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Long‐term changes in habitat selection and prey spectrum in a reintroduced Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in Switzerland

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
When wild‐caught Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from the Slovak Carpathian Mountains were reintroduced to Central Switzerland in the early 1970s and spread through the north‐western Swiss Alps (NWA), they faced a largely unfamiliar landscape with strongly ...
Daniela Nagl, Urs Breitenmoser, Klaus Hackländer, Andreas Ryser, Fridolin Zimmermann, Sven Signer, Heinrich Haller, Christine Breitenmoser‐Würsten, Kristina Vogt   +8 more
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Recent Trends in Survival and Mortality of Wolves in Minnesota, United States

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Survival is a key determinant of population growth and persistence; computation and understanding of this metric is key to successful population management, especially for recovering populations of large carnivores such as wolves.
Stotra Chakrabarti, Stotra Chakrabarti, Shawn T. O’Neil, John Erb, Carolin Humpal, Joseph K. Bump   +5 more
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Evidence of reduced abundance, density, and survival of coyotes under federal management for red wolf recovery

Ecosphere, 2022
To mitigate coyote (Canis latrans) introgression in the wild red wolf (Canis rufus) genome, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Red Wolf Recovery Program used a combination of reproductive sterilization and lethal removal of coyotes to ...
Joseph W. Hinton, Michael J. Chamberlain
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Carnivore Detection at the Domestic/Wildlife Interface within Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Animals, 2021
South African protected areas account for 8% of the total landmass according to World Bank indicators. Effective conservation of biodiversity in protected areas requires the development of specific reserve management objectives addressing species and ...
Jeanette Wentzel, Cory Gall, Mark Bourn, Juan De Beer, Ferreira du Plessis, Geoffrey T. Fosgate   +5 more
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Spatial capture–recapture with multiple noninvasive marks: An application to camera‐trapping data of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) using R package multimark

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
In Switzerland, the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), a native felid, is protected by national law. In recent decades, the wildcat has slowly returned to much of its original range and may have even expanded into new areas that were not known to be ...
Lea Maronde, Brett T. McClintock, Urs Breitenmoser, Fridolin Zimmermann   +3 more
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To Hunt or to Protect? Discourse-coalitions in the Polish Wolf Management

Conservation & Society, 2021
After the political transformation in Poland in 1989, the management of the wolf (Canis lupus) became strongly debated. The discussions concerned the need to protect the wolf, methods of protection and actors to be involved.
Krzysztof Niedzialkowskia, Adam Konopka, Renata Putkowska-Smoter   +2 more
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Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Ensuring sustainable carnivore populations while simultaneously sustaining active and viable pastoral communities often creates conflicts that are difficult to resolve.
Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist, Camilla Risvoll, Randi Kaarhus, Aase Kristine Lundberg, Camilla Sandström   +4 more
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Hunting, Exotic Carnivores, and Habitat Loss: Anthropogenic Effects on a Native Carnivore Community, Madagascar. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The wide-ranging, cumulative, negative effects of anthropogenic disturbance, including habitat degradation, exotic species, and hunting, on native wildlife has been well documented across a range of habitats worldwide with carnivores potentially being ...
Zach J Farris, Christopher D Golden, Christopher D Golden, Sarah Karpanty, Asia Murphy, Dean Stauffer, Felix Ratelolahy, Vonjy Andrianjakarivelo, Christopher M Holmes, Marcella J Kelly   +9 more
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