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Wildlife responses to livestock guard dogs and domestic sheep on open range
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are an attractant to carnivores; however, sheep are often accompanied by humans and livestock guardian dogs (LGDs; Canis familiaris), which defend sheep from depredation.
Daniel Kinka +2 more
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The effect of relatedness and pack size on territory overlap in African wild dogs
Movement Ecology, 2017 Background Spacing patterns mediate competitive interactions between conspecifics, ultimately increasing fitness. The degree of territorial overlap between neighbouring African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) packs varies greatly, yet the role of factors ...
Craig R. Jackson +3 more
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Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns
Scientific Reports, 2022 Social network analysis is an increasingly popular tool for behavioural ecologists exploring the social organisation of animal populations. Such analyses require data on inter-individual association patterns, which in wild populations are often collected
Andrew T. L. Allan +2 more
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Foraging behaviour and habitat-use drives niche segregation in sibling seabird species
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 To mediate competition, similar sympatric species are assumed to use different resources, or the same but geographically separated resources. The two giant petrels (Macronectes spp.) are intriguing in that they are morphologically similar seabirds with ...
Ryan R. Reisinger +4 more
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Animal-borne acoustic data alone can provide high accuracy classification of activity budgets
Animal Biotelemetry, 2021 Background Studies on animal behaviour often involve the quantification of the occurrence and duration of various activities. When direct observations are challenging (e.g., at night, in a burrow, at sea), animal-borne devices can be used to remotely ...
Andréa Thiebault +4 more
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The utility of accelerometers to predict stroke rate in captive fur seals and sea lions
Biology Open, 2017 The energy expenditure of free-living fur seals and sea lions is difficult to measure directly, but may be indirectly derived from flipper stroke rate. We filmed 10 captive otariids swimming with accelerometers either attached to a harness (Daily Diary ...
Monique A. Ladds +3 more
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Biological Reviews, 2020 ABSTRACTCamouflage – adaptations that prevent detection and/or recognition – is a key example of evolution by natural selection, making it a primary focus in evolutionary ecology and animal behaviour. Most work has focused on camouflage as an anti‐predator adaptation. However, predators also display specific colours, patterns and behaviours that reduce
Matilda Q. R. Pembury Smith +1 more
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Morphometry of the reproductive system of the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) when submitted to different temperatures [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : In order to manipulate the mass rearing of natural enemies, temperature variations can be used. The effects are widely studied for their survival and developmental duration; however, there is little information about their reproductive system in the ...
Ítala Tainy Barreto Francisco dos Santos +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Seasonal and annual climate variations are linked to fluctuations in the abundance and distribution of resources, posing a significant challenge to animals that need to adjust their foraging behavior accordingly.
Tegan Carpenter‐Kling +7 more
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, 2005 Predating predators requires at least three specimen to which we refer as players 1, 2, and 3. Player 1 has simply to guess nature when trying to find food. Player 2 is hunting player 1 in the hope that 1 is well-fed but must also avoid being hunted by player 3.
Avrahami, Judith +2 more
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