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So close yet so far: Movement patterns of livestock guarding dogs in a shared landscape in Romania
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 2, April/June 2026.We used GPS collars to track 36 livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) from 11 sheep flocks in the Romanian Carpathians to assess how closely they remained with their sheep and how often they roamed in a landscape shared with people and large carnivores. Overall, LGDs were attentive, typically staying within 100 m of sheep at night and 200 m during the day ...
Bethany R. Smith +7 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2022 Background Hepatozoonosis is a common tick-borne illness reported from all over the world. The infection has been well documented in dogs and cats, and has also been identified in wild canids and felids.
S.M. Kolangath +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.Camera trap captured photographs from the study area, on the left is the jungle cat, and on the right is the leopard cat. ABSTRACT Small cats play a vital role in maintaining ecological balances. Inadequate knowledge based on their habitat preference and interspecific competition has hindered the effective conservation initiatives. We studied occupancy
Jyoti Sharma +6 more
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1977 Among the present-day members of the Canidae family are included the dogs and foxes (Wurster and Benirschke 1968). The genus Canis is represented in Africa by four species of jackal (Bigaike 1972).
C. Wallace
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.Our study suggests pronounced spatiotemporal niche differentiation as a mechanism facilitating two mesocarnivores' coexistence, and enhances our understanding of the mechanisms underlying sympatric coexistence on the Tibetan Plateau. ABSTRACT Predation by carnivores is a fundamental driver of species evolution, shaping interspecific spatiotemporal ...
Yuanzhen Cui +8 more
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DiversityThe Taurus Mountains in the Mediterranean Coastal Basin, considered a biodiversity hotspot, have a rich biodiversity in the Western Palearctic. The number of marble quarries in the Taurus Mountains has dramatically expanded over the past ten years.
Tamer Albayrak, Tamer Yılmaz
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Reduction in livestock losses following placement of livestock guarding dogs and the impact of herd species and dog sex [PDF]
, 2015 Livestock guarding dogs have been placed on South African farms by the not-for-profit organisation, Cheetah Outreach Trust, since 2005, and have been proven to be an efficient form of non-lethal predator control against jackal, caracal, leopards ...
Cilliers, D +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.We documented fine‐scale denning behavior of the Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis) using 12.18 h of camera trap video from a peri‐urban landscape in north‐western Bangladesh. Analyses revealed strong site fidelity, crepuscular activity, and structured behavioral patterns including foraging, grooming, vigilance, and social interactions.
Muntasir Akash +4 more
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Rediscovering a forgotten canid species
BMC Zoology, 2017 Background The African wolf, for which we herein recognise Canis lupaster Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 (Symbolae Physicae quae ex Itinere Africam Borealem er Asoam Occidentalem Decas Secunda. Berlin, 1833) as the valid species name (we consider the older
Suvi Viranta +3 more
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Identification of Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks Carrying Rickettsia raoultii on Migrating Jackal, Denmark [PDF]
, 2017 From a migrating golden jackal (Canis aureus), we retrieved 21 live male Dermacentor reticulatus ticks, a species not previously reported from wildlife in Denmark. We identified Rickettsia raoultii from 18 (86%) of the ticks. This bacterium is associated
Bødker, Rene +4 more
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