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Communications Biology, 2022 Fischer and colleagues revisit the unmanaged Table Mesa mule deer herd to examine the impact and dynamics of chronic wasting disease. Their findings indicate that disease prevalence and deer abundance have been surprisingly stable overall since 2005 ...
Mark C. Fisher +6 more
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Viral Sequences Recovered From Puma Tooth DNA Reconstruct Statewide Viral Phylogenies
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Monitoring pathogens in wildlife populations is imperative for effective management, and for identifying locations for pathogen spillover among wildlife, domestic species and humans.
Roderick B. Gagne +9 more
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, 2023 Are you curious about the differences and similarities between mountain lions and lions? You’ll be amazed by the unique traits that set these majestic creatures apart. In this article, we’ll explore their physical characteristics, habitat preferences, and conservation efforts.
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Birth timing for mountain lions (Puma concolor); testing the prey availability hypothesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 We investigated potential advantages in birth timing for mountain lion (Puma concolor) cubs. We examined cub body mass, survival, and age of natal dispersal in relation to specific timing of birth.
Brian D Jansen, Jonathan A Jenks
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Mammalogy Notes, 2023 This study addresses the understudied predation ecology of Atelocynus microtis, a rare and Near Threatened Amazonian canid. We detail depredation events by the felid species, Panthera onca (Jaguar), observed in southeastern Peru in 2004.
Patrick Champagne, Renata Leite-Pitman
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, 2022 While human encounters are rare, cougars are dangerous as they are large predators that can seriously injure or kill humans. Conflicts can arise when a puma becomes too accustomed to the presence of humans, often near where we live or play, and begins to prey on livestock or other pets.
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Predicting support for recolonization of mountain lions (Puma concolor) in the Adirondack park
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2015 Carnivore range expansion creates opportunities for human–wildlife conflicts. Wildlife attitudes and values, factual knowledge, and risk perception have all been proposed as variables to measure or predict social acceptability of wildlife management.
Elizabeth B. Mcgovern, Heidi E. Kretser
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
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Aligning mountain lion hunting seasons to mitigate orphaning dependent kittens
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018 Hunting results in direct numerical effects and numerous indirect effects on game species. One indirect effect occurs when a female is killed; and as a consequence, her dependent offspring die, negatively affecting recruitment rates.
Connor O'malley +4 more
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Buildings as accidental habitat: Where animals nest, sleep and forage
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Animals have long inhabited human buildings alongside us, but our understanding comes from isolated studies, such as reports of a possum in the roof or a bat in our walls. What we lack is the building's perspective: which building features actually serve as habitat and for whom?
Bethany M. Kiss +6 more
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