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Not a cakewalk: Insights into movement of large carnivores in human‐dominated landscapes in India
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Large carnivores play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems, yet their conservation remains a massive challenge across the world. Owing to wide‐ranging habits, they encounter various anthropogenic pressures, affecting their movement in ...
B. Habib +4 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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Parasites & VectorsWild terrestrial carnivores play a crucial role as reservoir, maintenance, and spillover hosts for a wide parasite variety. They may harbor, shed, and transmit zoonotic parasites and parasites of veterinary importance for domestic hosts.
Alicia Rojas +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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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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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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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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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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