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Habitat Features, Coyotes, and Humans Drive Diel Activity Variation Among Sympatric Mammals

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We found that multiple mammal species show considerable variation in diel activity in response to several factors, with biotic variables (habitat features and the presence of coyotes Canis latrans) having the strongest overall effects. Our results have important implications for trophic dynamics. Future studies will need to account for these underlying
Nathan J. Proudman, Maximilian L. Allen
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Cenozoic Tectonics Ignite Mitochondrial Codon Innovations Propelling Canid Body Size Evolution and Transcontinental Radiations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We decode mitochondrial genomes across all extant canids, revealing lineage‐specific codon optimization driven by altitude, predation, and body size. A tripartite framework integrates geological events, metabolic constraints, and adaptive radiation to explain carnivore evolution.
Xiaoyang Wu, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Yao Chen, Haotian Cai, Tian Xia, Qinguo Wei, Weilai Sha, Honghai Zhang   +8 more
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<em>Angiostrongylus vasorum</em> in red foxes (<em>Vulpes vulpes</em>) and badgers (<em>Meles meles</em>) from Central and Northern Italy

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2010
<strong>Abstract</strong> During 2004-2005 and 2007-2008, 189 foxes (<em>Vulpes vulpes</em>) and 6 badgers (<em>Meles meles</em>) were collected in different areas of Central Northern Italy (Piedmont, Liguria and ...
Marta Magi, Lisa Guardone, Matteo Dell'omodarme, Maria Prati, Walter Mignone, Beatrice Torracca, Gianfranca Monni, Fabio Macchioni   +7 more
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Host Phylogeny and Feeding Habit Jointly Govern Mammalian Gut Microbiota Composition

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Herbivores showed higher alpha diversity than carnivores/omnivores, while omnivores had the highest beta diversity. Host phylogeny influenced gut microbiota more strongly in herbivores/omnivores, with phylogenetic distance correlating to microbiota dissimilarity.
Chaoyuan Cheng, Hongjuan Zhai, Jiajia Feng, Zhibin Zhang   +3 more
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Predation by Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) at an Outdoor Piggery

Animals, 2016
Outdoor pig operations are an alternative to intensive systems of raising pigs; however for the majority of outdoor pork producers, issues of biosecurity and predation control require significant management and (or) capital investment.
Patricia A. Fleming, Shannon J. Dundas, Yvonne Y. W. Lau, John R. Pluske   +3 more
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Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nest predation at Cape Range National Park [PDF]

, 2008
Most of the existing sea turtle populations worldwide are in decline. In particular, loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are listed as endangered and loggerhead nesting populations in Eastern Australia have declined by 86% since the 1970s.
Bradley, J.S., O'Hara, A.J., Robertson, I., Trocini, S., Warren, K.   +4 more
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Food Subsidies Reduce Livestock Depredations by a Recovering Carnivore

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Diversionary feeding—providing food caches to divert predators away from preying on livestock—is a strategy to reduce depredations by Mexican gray wolves but has not been evaluated for its effectiveness. We used data from the Mexican wolf recovery program from 2014‐2021 to evaluate whether diversionary feeding reduced livestock depredations by wolf ...
Matthew Hyde, John K. Oakleaf, Jim deVos, David L. Bergman, Kevin R. Crooks, Julie K. Young, Reza Goljani Amirkhiz, Jennifer K. Frey, Stewart W. Breck   +8 more
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Relationships Between European Wildcats and Domestic Cats in an Area of Sympatry: Exploring Key Conservation Questions on Hybridization and Disease Transmission

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We have found evidence of behavioural barriers for both hybridization and disease transmission between European wildcats and domestic cats. This includes hierarchical interspecies exclusion enforced by wildcats, as well as sexual selection exerted by wildcat females.
Jose María Gil‐Sánchez, Elena Bertos, Mariola Sánchez‐Cerdá, Emilio Virgós, Marcos Moleón   +4 more
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Assessing Spatiotemporal Side Effects of Diversionary Feeding on Mesopredators

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We tested whether diversionary feeding alters the space use, aggregation, or activity patterns of mesopredators using a treatment‐control design with camera traps. Although both species frequently used feeding stations, diversionary feeding did not significantly affect their spatial distribution, aggregation, or temporal behaviour.
Pablo Palencia, Patricia Mateo‐Tomás, José Vicente López‐Bao, Jorge Sereno‐Cadierno, Patricia Barroso, Pelayo Acevedo   +5 more
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Estudio biométrico de Vulpes vulpes L y Alopex lagopus L. : Contribución a su diferenciación en los yacimientos paleolíticos cantábricos [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2004
Se estudia la biometría del esqueleto de una importante población del zorro común (Vulpes vulpes) del País Vasco, comparándola con las medidas existentes, especialmente en la bibliografía, para el zorro ártico (alopex lagopus).
Jesús Altuna
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