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Stereotypic route tracing in captive Carnivora is predicted by species-typical home range sizes and hunting styles [PDF]

, 2016
In captive conditions (e.g. zoos), some Carnivora species typically show negligible stereotypic behaviour (SB) and reproduce successfully, while others tend to reproduce poorly and be very stereotypic.
Clubb, Ros, Harper, Laura, Kroshko, Jeanette, Mason, Georgia, Mellor, Emma, Moehrenschlager, Axel   +5 more
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Testing the human shield hypothesis: Female wild turkeys have greater fitness near human activity

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2026.
Our findings indicate that human activity can create a protective shield that deters predators and enhances survival and reproduction for prey species of conservation concern. Because habitat work on public lands often occurs in areas accessible to heavy machinery, such as secondary roads, managers can pair habitat manipulations with regular, light ...
Nick A. Gulotta, Patrick H. Wightman, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Signatures of selection in mammalian clock genes with coding trinucleotide repeats: Implications for studying the genomics of high‐pace adaptation

Ecology and Evolution, 2017
Climate change is predicted to affect the reproductive ecology of wildlife; however, we have yet to understand if and how species can adapt to the rapid pace of change.
Melanie B. Prentice, Jeff Bowman, Jillian L. Lalor, Michelle M. McKay, Lindsay A. Thomson, Cristen M. Watt, Andrew G. McAdam, Dennis L. Murray, Paul J. Wilson   +8 more
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Dynamic Risk From Mexican Wolves and Mountain Lions Influences Elk Foraging Behavior

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
We observed elk foraging across a wolf risk gradient throughout all seasons and diel periods to quantify proportions of foraging, intense vigilance, and multitasking at the individual and herd levels. We quantified encounter and kill risk from Mexican wolves and mountain lions using habitat selection functions and utilization distributions.
Julia E. Olson, Cara J. Thompson, Zachary J. Farley, Samuel I. Martinez, Scott T. Boyle, Nicole M. Tatman, James C. DeVos, Stewart D. Liley, James W. Cain III   +8 more
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Seasonal patterns of habitat use by a mesopredator in boreal forest landscapes fragmented by fire

Ecosphere
Wildfire is the most impactful disturbance regime in the North American boreal region, driving the structure and composition of forests across the region.
Derek A. Arnold, Greg A. Breed, Jared S. Laufenberg, Nathan D. Berg, Mark R. Bertram, Bradley D. Scotton, Knut Kielland   +6 more
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A lynx natural brain endocast from Ingarano (Southern Italy; Late Pleistocene). Taphonomic, Morphometric and Phylogenetic approaches [PDF]

, 2015
A natural brain endocast from the Late Pleistocene site of Ingarano (Apulia, Southern Italy) has been investigated in detail using CT scanning, image processing techniques and Geometric Morphometrics to obtain information about the taxonomy and ...
Cherin, Marco, Costeur, Loïc, IURINO, DAWID ADAM, PROFICO, ANTONIO, SARDELLA, Raffaele, Veneziano, Alessio   +5 more
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Linking behavioral ecology and population monitoring: The importance of group size for spatial population models

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Modeling the spatial distribution of wildlife abundance is paramount for management. In group‐forming species, group size and occurrence may be governed by different ecological processes. Hierarchical models can conveniently address group size and occurrence as separate processes when estimating abundance.
Zackary J. Delisle, Joshua H. Schmidt, Eric J. Wald, Kyle A. Cutting, Mathew S. Sorum, Buck Mangipane, Kyle Joly, Raime B. Fronstin, Matthew D. Cameron, Bridget L. Borg   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Boreal predator co‐occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Interspecific interactions are an integral aspect of ecosystem functioning that may be disrupted in an increasingly anthropocentric world. Industrial landscape change creates a novel playing field on which these interactions take place, and a key ...
Erin R. Tattersall, Joanna M. Burgar, Jason T. Fisher, A. Cole Burton   +3 more
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A Postulate for Tiger Recovery: The Case of the Caspian Tiger [PDF]

, 2012
Recent genetic analysis has shown that the extinct Caspian Tiger (P. t. virgata) and the living Amur Tigers (P. t. altaica) of the Russian Far East are actually taxonomically synonymous and that Caspian and Amur groups historically formed a single ...
Chestin, I., Christie, S., darman, Y., Dinerstein, E,, Driscoll, Carlos A., Jhala, Y. V., Jungius, H., Luo, Shu-Jin, Macdonald, David W., Marker, L., Nyhus, P. J., O\u27Brien, Stephen J., Pereladova, O., Pikunov, D. G., Sanderson, J., Seidensticker, J., Shrestha, S., Smith, J. L. D., Tilson, R., Uphyrkina, Olga, Wildt, David E., Yadav, S. P., Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Zhuravlev, Y.   +23 more
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On the heritability of geographic range sizes [PDF]

, 2003
Within taxonomic groups, most species are restricted in their geographic range sizes, with only a few being widespread. The possibility that species-level selection on range sizes contributes to the characteristic form of such speciesrange size ...
Gaston, K.J., Webb, T.J.
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