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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Flight initiation distance (FID) procedures are used to assess the risk perception animals have for threats (e.g., natural predators, hunters), but it is unclear whether these assessments remain meaningful if animals have habituated to certain human ...
Andrew T. L. Allan +2 more
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An Economical Custom-Built Drone for Assessing Whale Health
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have huge potential to improve the safety and efficiency of sample collection from wild animals under logistically challenging circumstances.
Vanessa Pirotta +6 more
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 The aim objective of this study was to determine the trophic ecology of juvenile and adult Acestrorhynchus falcirostris during the rising and flood (high-water) period in six island lakes adjacent to the Solimões River.
C. Lubich +4 more
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Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2015 Nonlethal deterrents against carnivores are important components to protecting livestock and conserving carnivore populations. However, the performance of the visual deterrent called fladry, a historical tool used to defend livestock from carnivores, is ...
Julie K. Young +2 more
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Mind the gap: Experimental tests to improve efficacy of fladry for nonlethal management of coyotes
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019 Coyotes (Canis latrans) are the top predator of livestock in the contiguous United States. Developing more effective nonlethal tools to prevent coyote depredation will facilitate coexistence between livestock producers and coyotes.
Julie K. Young +2 more
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Energy cost and return for hunting in African wild dogs and cheetahs
Nature Communications, 2016 The long-distance hunting behaviour of African wild dogs is thought to be energetically costly. Here, Hubel et al. show that multiple opportunistic short-distance hunts and group feeding make African wild dogs in mixed woodland savannah energetically ...
Tatjana Y. Hubel +5 more
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A dominant predator, a predator, and a prey
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2008 A two-predator, one-prey model in which one predator interferes significantly with the other predator is analyzed. The dominant predator is harvested and the other predator has an alternative food source. The response functions used are Holling type II and they are predator-dependent and include the effects of interference.
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Selective Predation of a Stalking Predator on Ungulate Prey
PLOS ONE, 2016 Prey selection is a key factor shaping animal populations and evolutionary dynamics. An optimal forager should target prey that offers the highest benefits in terms of energy content at the lowest costs. Predators are therefore expected to select for prey of optimal size. Stalking predators do not pursue their prey long, which may lead to a more random
Benno Woelfing +7 more
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Behavioural compatibility, not fear, best predicts the looking patterns of chacma baboons
Communications BiologyAnimal vigilance is often investigated under a narrow set of scenarios, but this approach may overestimate its contribution to animal lives. A solution may be to sample all looking behaviours and investigate numerous competing hypotheses in a single ...
Andrew T. L. Allan +10 more
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