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The effect of individual variability and larger carnivores on the functional response of cheetahs
… density to determine the rate at which prey are killed. Cheetahs are mesopredators and their behavior can be shaped by the need to avoid larger predators while hunting relatively large bodied and mobile prey. I used data from 34 years of observed cheetah hunts in Serengeti National Park in …
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Ecology of Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in the North Dakota Badlands: Population Dynamics and Prey Use
… item (76.9%) in mountain lion diets. Ungulate kill rates were 1.09 ungulates/week ± 0.13 [SE] in summer and 0.90 ungulates/week ± 0.11 in winter. Estimates of total biomass consumed were 5.8 kg/day ± 0.56 [SE] in summer and 7.2 kg/day ± 1.01 in winter. Scavenge rates were 3.7% in summer and …
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AMUR TIGER PREDATION AND ENERGETIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST: NEW INSIGHTS FROM GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM COLLARS
… (GPS) collars on Amur tigers to study annual kill rates and energetic requirements in the Russian Far East. We captured and radio-collared 5 adult tigers from 2009 – 2011 in and around the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Zapovednik (Reserve) in the Russian Far East. We used GPS locations and 62 known …
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AMUR TIGER PREDATION AND ENERGETIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST: NEW INSIGHTS FROM GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM COLLARS
… (GPS) collars on Amur tigers to study annual kill rates and energetic requirements in the Russian Far East. We captured and radio-collared 5 adult tigers from 2009 – 2011 in and around the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Zapovednik (Reserve) in the Russian Far East. We used GPS locations and 62 known …
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Evaluation of Seed Impact Mills for Harvest Weed Seed Control in Soybean and Wheat in the Eastern United States
Harvest Weed Seed Control (HWSC) concentrates, removes, or destroys weed seeds as they pass through the combine. Seed impact mills are modifications that are mounted directly to the back of a combine and are one way to implement HWSC. Seed impact mills kill weed seeds during harvest, preventing …