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, 2010 SummaryThe mammalian order Carnivora includes species we most love and fear — our household pets, dogs and cats, and large predators such as bears, lions, and wolves.
Robert K. Wayne +3 more
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Palaeoproteomic Deconvolution of Physical and Genetic Collagen Mixtures
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ClassiCOL_v2 uses a novel “peptide patching” framework that treats any collagen sample as a patchwork of peptide sequences derived from phylogenetically related species. This allows the algorithm to simultaneously resolve two previously intractable problems: multi‐species samples and/or database deficiencies.
Ian Engels +12 more
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Yellowstone grizzly delisting rhetoric: An analysis of the online debate
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013 The Yellowstone ecosystem is a hotbed of environmental issues and conflicts such as endangered species management. The Yellowstone grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) delisting debate illustrates how rhetoric can contribute to fragmentation and ...
Israel D. Parker +1 more
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Mesocarnivore Distribution along Gradients of Anthropogenic Disturbance in Mediterranean Landscapes
Diversity, 2022 Wildfires are important sources of landscape change in Mediterranean environments, creating large patches of low-growth natural habitats (i.e., scrublands) inside protected areas, whereas woodland patches remain mostly near well protected human ...
Ignasi Torre +3 more
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Frugivory and seed dispersal by carnivores in the Rhodopi mountains of northern Greece [PDF]
, 1997 The frugivory and seed dispersal by carnivores were studied using a combination of vegetation surveys, fruit production counts and analysis of faeces distribution and content.
Giannakos, Panayiotis
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The oval window (OW) is an opening connecting the inner and middle ear. Its area has been shown to consistently scale with body mass (BM) in primates, and has been used alongside semi‐circular canal (SCC) size to differentiate Homo sapiens and fossil hominins, including Paranthropus robustus.
Ruy Fernandez, José Braga
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Influence of lure choice and survey duration on scent stations for carnivore surveys
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019 Noninvasive, camera‐based, scent station surveys have become a common approach to estimate population parameters for mammalian carnivores. Many carnivores are particularly sensitive to olfactory cues; and, as such, the quality and quantity of odor ...
Sarah C. Webster, James C. Beasley
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Comparative Ecology of Bartonella and Brucella Infections in Wild Carnivores
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Phylogenetic sister clades Bartonella and Brucella within the order Rhizobiales present some common biological characteristics as well as evident differences in adaptations to their mammalian reservoirs.
Michael Kosoy, Irina Goodrich
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Some Peculiarities of Anthrax Epidemiology in Herbivorous and Carnivorous Animals
Life, 2022 Anthrax is an especially dangerous zooanthroponosis caused by the Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. A notable feature of this disease is the difference in susceptibility to it among different groups of animals.
Irina Bakhteeva, Vitalii Timofeev
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Human impacts on carnivore biodiversity inside and outside protected areas in Tanzania [PDF]
, 2009 Conservation of biodiversity throughout the world is often characterized by the establishment of protected areas. The implementation of this approach is extremely challenging particularly in developing countries due to expanding human population and ...
Msuha, M.J.
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