The functional effects of African lions on co-occurring carnivores differ across species pairs and with changes in resource availability and lion abundance. [PDF]
Everatt KT +4 more
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Challenging the narrative about howler monkeys' high resilience to anthropogenic changes, our multiscale analysis reveals the costs of habitat disturbance to their movement ecology. We identify thermal limitations, reduced travel efficiency, and significant spatial saturation.
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete +4 more
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Bluetongue virus in carnivores: expanding the host range and implications for disease ecology. [PDF]
Ul-Rahman A, Shabbir MZ, Wensman JJ.
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For the first time, predation and scavenging networks are directly compared within a single ecosystem. Using an 8‐year dataset of African mammals, including megaherbivores, this study reveals distinct structural rules and body mass constraints, providing a scalable framework for studying consumer–resource dynamics and ecosystem function.
Solange Alexandra Batista‐Nunes +5 more
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Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting. [PDF]
Chapron G +3 more
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Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations
Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard +2 more
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Rove beetles use fox scats as hunting grounds: Cryptic interactions, fatal attractions, and the structure of food webs. [PDF]
Rodriguez Curras M, Pauli JN.
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Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex predators
Our study reveals that human hunters fail to replicate the collective and individual ecological functions of natural apex predators in sustaining biodiversity and promoting stable spatial patterns. These insights are vital for rethinking predator conservation and wildlife management in human‐dominated landscapes.
Ying Geng +7 more
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Behavioral implications of an embedded tyrannosaurid tooth and associated tooth marks on an articulated skull of <i>Edmontosaurus</i> from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana. [PDF]
Wyenberg-Henzler TCA, Scannella JB.
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