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Examining human–carnivore interactions using a socio-ecological framework: sympatric wild canids in India as a case study [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Many carnivores inhabit human-dominated landscapes outside protected reserves. Spatially explicit assessments of carnivore distributions and livestock depredation patterns in human-use landscapes are crucial for minimizing negative interactions and ...
Arjun Srivathsa +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The recovery of terrestrial carnivores in Europe is a conservation success story. Initiatives focused on restoring top predators require information on how resident species may interact with the re‐introduced species as their interactions have the ...
Marissa A. Dyck +3 more
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Can we save large carnivores without losing large carnivore science? [PDF]
, 2017 Large carnivores are depicted to shape entire ecosystems through top-down processes. Studies describing these processes are often used to support interventionist wildlife management practices, including carnivore reintroduction or lethal control programs.
Andrén, Henrik +32 more
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Normal glucose metabolism of healthy carnivores mimics diabetes pathology of non-carnivores [PDF]
, 2013 Carnivores, such as the dolphin and the domestic cat, have numerous adaptations that befit consumption of diets with high protein and fat content, with little carbohydrate content.
Thomas eSchermerhorn +2 more
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Seed dispersal by carnivores in temperate and tropical dry forests
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The seed dispersal mechanisms and regeneration of various forest ecosystems can benefit from the actions of carnivores via endozoochory. This study was aimed to evaluate the role of carnivores in endozoochory and diploendozoochory, as well as their ...
Fabián Alejandro Rubalcava‐Castillo +4 more
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The Evaluation оf Potential Threat оf Animal’s Coronaviruses аs Human’s Patogens
Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2021 The introduction of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus from a natural reservoir into the human population subsequently caused the COVID-19 pandemic, that had a huge impact on all spheres of human activity dramatically increased interest in this group of viruses ...
T. E. Sizikova +2 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2018 Descriptive anatomical studies of wild animals are fundamental, since they provide subsidies for the elaboration of more adequate techniques of sustained management, contributing to the preservation of species threatened with extinction. Thus, the aim
Thiago Scremin Boscolo Pereira +1 more
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An evaluation of hunter surveys to monitor relative abundance of bobcats
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 We examined the utility of bobcat (Lynx rufus) detections by deer hunters in New Hampshire, USA, as an index of relative abundance. To validate the index, we compared the number of hunter outings that detected bobcats per 1,000 outings (hunting seasons ...
Tyler J. Mahard +4 more
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Human–Wildlife Conflicts across Landscapes—General Applicability vs. Case Specificity
Diversity, 2022 Here, we address the question of if/to what extent human–wildlife conflict (HWC) can be reduced or mitigated by supra-regional or even global approaches, or whether case- and region-specific strategies are necessary.
Thomas Göttert, Nicole Starik
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Understanding the human dimensions of coexistence between carnivores and people: A case study in Namibia [PDF]
, 2015 Many carnivore populations were in decline throughout much of the 20th century, but due to recent conservation policies, their numbers are stabilising or even increasing in some areas of the world.
Rust, Niki
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