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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"mesocarnivores"”.
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Mesocarnivores in Protected Areas: ecological and anthropogenic determinants of habitat use in northern Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
… the effectiveness of PAs to conserve carnivores. Mesocarnivores, in particular, frequently move beyond the boundaries of PAs where they threaten human livelihoods, and as a result, are often subject to chronic persecution. In South Africa, we know little about the conservation status of …
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Assessing the Influence of Prescribed Fire on Faunal Communities in a Pyric Landscape
… species within this ecosystem. Some mammalian mesocarnivores historically common throughout the southeastern United States were rarely detected, suggesting more research is needed to identify the cause of the potential decline in mesocarnivores in the Southeastern United States. Avian species …
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Wild carnivore habitat use and community ecology in a biodiversity hotspot and human-wildlife conflict with pumas and dogs across Chile
… including pumas (Puma concolor). However, mesocarnivores are more abundant than large carnivores, live closer to human settlements, and drive community structure and processes in similar or different ways from large predators. Understanding both large and small carnivores' habitat use is …
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Effective monitoring techniques for carnivores and the role of a dominant mesocarnivore in structuring the carnivore community
… suppressing coyotes and releasing the smaller mesocarnivores. Conversely, coyotes only suppressed the smaller carnivores by some measures and had overall weaker effects than pumas. My analyses highlight the importance of focal species and study design when using an attractant and the …
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Wildlife health in human-modified landscapes: epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens affecting black-backed jackals and caracals
… of tick-borne pathogens infecting South African mesocarnivores living in transformed landscapes. This work adds to our understanding of wildlife health within the 'One Health' framework and represents the first detailed examination of TBPs in jackals on farmlands and is also the first work that …
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The Asian Palm Civet: Fundamental Baseline Findings in Ecology, Captive Husbandry and Effects of Trade in Civet Coffee
… what interactions and niches occur between mesocarnivores in the wild, camera traps were used and 11,146 camera trap nights yielded 4,525 images identifying nine species of wild mesocarnivores from Viverridae, Mustelidae, Herpestidae and Felidae groups with 44.4% of images showing Asian palm …
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From big spots to little spots: Influence of camera trap deployment on spatial capture-recapture estimates of servals (Leptailurus serval) in Ithala Game Reserve
… species. Fortunately, servals and other mesocarnivores are frequently recorded as by-catch in camera trap surveys designed for larger carnivores which offers a unique opportunity to explore the viability of using these 'bi-catch' data for the determination of population estimates of …
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Artificial Night Lighting and Anthropogenic Noise Alter Animal Activity, Body Condition, Species Richness, and Community Structure
… mammals, diurnal mammals, lagomorphs, birds, mesocarnivores, and ungulates). We showed that both light and noise pollution did alter species richness and that these effects can differ depending on the scale of observation. Increased levels of night-lighting had a scale-dependent effect on …
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Characteristics, determinants and management of farmer-predator conflict in a multi-use dryland system, South Africa
… suggest that jackal and caracal, like many other mesocarnivores worldwide, display a remarkable ability to adapt to human-modified landscape, using both rangeland and the PA to feed on a diverse range of prey species. Even if small-livestock farms in the Central Karoo still host important …