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, 2018 Mule deer historic range in Mexico has declined dramatically in the last decade. Forage availability and quality at the Chihuahuan Desert may play an important role sustaining populations at the southern end of their current distribution.
Martha P. Olivas-Sánchez +4 more
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Status of the Mountain Lion in Arkansas [PDF]
, 1973 Two authenticated kill records of the mountain lion, Felis concolor, in Arkansas are reported as well as numerous reliable sight records spanning an approximately 30-year period.
Gipson, Philip S., Sealander, John A.
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Using host species traits to understand the consequences of resource provisioning for host–parasite interactions [PDF]
, 2017 1.Supplemental food provided to wildlife by human activities can be more abundant and predictable than natural resources, and subsequent changes to wildlife ecology can have profound impacts on host–parasite interactions.
Altizer, Sonia +2 more
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Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming climate, the knock‐on effects of a diminishing snowpack may reduce the hunting success of multiple large carnivore species.
Benjamin K. Sullender +7 more
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Conceptualization of Man's Behavioral and Physical Characteristics as Animal Metaphors in the Spoken Discourse of Khezel People [PDF]
, 2013 Cognitive theory of metaphor has changed our understanding of metaphor as a figurative device to a matter of thought. It holds that metaphors are cognitively as well as culturally motivated.
Aliakbari, Mohammad, Faraji, Elham
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We study that browsing by wapiti reduces the growth of saplings, and it develop chemical defenses to prevent themselves browsed again. These results reduce our concern about wapiti browse T. cuspidate saplings, and provide basic data for the study of the interaction between them, and also provide theoretical basis for the population restoration and ...
Jianan Feng +3 more
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Biological consequences of winter‐feeding of mule deer in developed landscapes in Northern Utah
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2011 Winter‐feeding of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in developed landscapes is often advocated by stakeholders to compensate for lost or fragmented winter range.
Chris Peterson, Terry A. Messmer
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Animal Industry News, 2009, Vol. 10, no. 1 [PDF]
, 2009 Newsletter produced by Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship about the animal industry in ...
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Syndactyly in Pigs: A Review of Previous Research and the Presentation of Eight Archaeological Specimens [PDF]
, 2011 This paper reviews evidence for the rare condition of porcine syndactyly. It describes eight archaeological examples from Britain, Northern Ireland and France. Syndactyly refers to the partial or complete fusion of two or more adjacent phalanges on the
Adrian +108 more
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Scents of care: Multispecies relations in Pakistan's heatwave
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how odour, intensified by heat, shapes the sensory aspects of social and multispecies relations in Pakistan. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Kasur's tanneries and Lahore's animal shelters during a period of record‐breaking heat, it analyses how smell structures inclusion and exclusion, mediates encounters with humans
Muhammad A. Kavesh
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