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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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Evidence that vulture restaurants increase the local abundance of mammalian carnivores in South Africa [PDF]
, 2014 Vulture restaurants are used worldwide as a conservation tool to provide threatened vultures with a source of supplementary carrion free from anthropogenic contaminants such as poisons and veterinary drugs.
Dell, Steve +9 more
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Molecular Survey on Vector-Borne Pathogens in Alpine Wild Carnivorans
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 In Europe, free-ranging wildlife has been linked to the emergence of several vector-borne diseases such as rodents for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. In particular, wild carnivorans are one of the most important sources of emerging zoonotic pathogens ...
Elena Battisti +5 more
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Assessing Methods for Detecting Island Spotted Skunks
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2020 Island spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis amphiala) are endemic to 2 of the California Channel Islands (CA, USA)—Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa. The status of skunks is uncertain, although incidental captures in traps set for island foxes (Urocyon littoralis)
Ellen C. Bolas +7 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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Troublemaking carnivores: conflicts with humans in a diverse assemblage of large carnivores
Ecology and Society, 2017 Human-wildlife conflicts are a global conservation and management challenge. Multipredator systems present added complexity to the resolution of human-wildlife conflicts because mitigation strategies often are species-specific. Documenting the type and
Andrea T. Morehouse, Mark S. Boyce
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Prevalence of parasitic infection in captive wild animals in Bir Moti Bagh mini zoo (Deer Park), Patiala, Punjab [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2016 Aim: The study was conducted to know the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of captive wild animals at Bir Moti Bagh Mini Zoo (Deer Park), Patiala, Punjab.
A. Q. Mir +4 more
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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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