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Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our study reveals that human hunters fail to replicate the collective and individual ecological functions of natural apex predators in sustaining biodiversity and promoting stable spatial patterns. These insights are vital for rethinking predator conservation and wildlife management in human‐dominated landscapes.
Ying Geng, Christos Mammides, Ru‐Chuan He, Lin Wang, Kang Luo, Zhong‐Yuan Zhang, Bo Wang, Rui‐Chang Quan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological and environmental determinants in the structuring of ectoparasites in wild carnivores and rodents in central Chihuahua, Mexico. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Hernández-Urbina CF, Acosta R, Fernández JA, Hernández-Quiroz NS, Aguilar-Palma GN.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diversity of fecal parasitomes of wild carnivores inhabiting Korea, including zoonotic parasites and parasites of their prey animals, as revealed by 18S rRNA gene sequencing. [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 2023
Woo C, Bhuiyan MIU, Eo KY, Lee WS, Kimura J, Yamamoto N.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding natal emigration in group‐living carnivores

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Dispersal is a key ecological and evolutionary process, yet drivers of variation in emigration under human‐modified conditions remain understudied. Using a novel genetic approach applied to harvested grey wolves in Idaho, USA, we found that prey availability and population density shape natal emigration patterns in a cooperative breeder.
Kathleen M. Petersen, Joel M. Tebbenkamp, Matthew A. Mumma, David E. Ausband   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From foraging to decomposition: Large vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight an overlooked pathway in ecosystem functioning: the role of animal carcass decomposition in trace element cycling. By linking animal life cycles to landscape‐scale processes, we explain how large animals redistribute scarce elements and influence spatial heterogeneity, with implications for ecosystem functioning and restoration.
Elke Wenting, Henk Siepel, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch, Harry Olde Venterink, Philip S. Barton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

New morphological features and phylogenetic insights of <i>Dioctophyme renale</i> from wild carnivores and a domestic dog in South America. [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
Gomes APN, Maldonado A, Olifiers N, Bueno C, Vilela RDV, Simões RO, Chambarelli MCMDC, Miranda K, Lopes-Torres EJ.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Filarids (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) in wild carnivores and domestic dogs from the Brazilian Atlantic forest. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022
Figuerêdo Duarte Moraes M, de Souza Pollo A, Lux Hoppe EG.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello, Mark D. Lewis, Simon A. Parfitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Diversity of Canine Circovirus Detected in Wild Carnivores in Serbia. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Benković D, Nišavić J, Milić N, Krnjaić D, Prošić I, Gajdov V, Stević N, Sukara R, Balać M, Radalj A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source