Machine learning to classify animal species in camera trap images: Applications in ecology

MA Tabak, MS Norouzzadeh… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Motion‐activated cameras (“camera traps”) are increasingly used in ecological and
management studies for remotely observing wildlife and are amongst the most powerful …

Towards more compassionate wildlife research through the 3Rs principles: moving from invasive to non‐invasive methods

MA Zemanova - Wildlife Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Research in ecology and wildlife biology remains crucial for increasing our knowledge and
improving species management and conservation in the midst of the current biodiversity …

Domestic cats and their impacts on biodiversity: A blind spot in the application of nature conservation law

A Trouwborst, PC McCormack… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐ranging domestic cats Felis catus, from owned pets to feral cats, impact biodiversity
through predation, fear effects, competition, disease and hybridization. Scientific knowledge …

Global review of the effects of small carnivores on threatened species

MV Cove, AF O'Connell - Small Carnivores: Evolution, Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The absences of large carnivores from many ecosystems, human‐induced landscape
changes, and resource supplementation have been theorized to increase the abundance of …

Exploring and interpreting spatiotemporal interactions between native and invasive carnivores across a gradient of rainforest degradation

ZJ Farris, BD Gerber, S Karpanty, A Murphy… - Biological …, 2020 - Springer
Studies of elusive carnivores often rely on passive sampling when investigating either
spatial or temporal interactions. However, inference on behavioral mechanisms are usually …

The world's small carnivores: Definitions, richness, distribution, conservation status, ecological roles, and research efforts

E Do Linh San, JJ Sato, JL Belant… - Small carnivores …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small carnivores–here defined as members of the mammalian order Carnivora with a body
mass< 21.5 kg–occur worldwide, including in Oceania, following introductions. They are …

Dynamic in species estimates of carnivores (leopard cat, red fox, and north Chinese leopard): A multi-year assessment of occupancy and coexistence in the …

K Vitekere, J Wang, H Karanja, KT Consolée, G Jiang… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Carnivores are among the threatened mammal species due to interactions
with humans and environmental effects. We collected data using camera traps across three …

Domestic dog and alien North American mink as reservoirs of infectious diseases in the endangered Southern river otter

M Barros, DJ Pons, A Moreno, J Vianna… - Austral journal of …, 2022 - SciELO Chile
Introduced alien carnivores are host to infectious diseases that may become an important
threat for native carnivore species conservation. Canine distemper virus (CDV) is thought to …

High interannual variability of a climate-driven amphibian community in a seasonal rainforest

N Dubos, L Morel, A Crottini, K Freeman… - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Seasonality exerts strong pressures on biodiversity patterns. Yet, temporal beta-diversity is
poorly studied in tropical systems, and the drivers of variability in amphibian activity and …

Domestic dogs and wild foxes interactions in a wildlife-domestic interface of north-central Chile: implications for multi-host pathogen transmission

FA Hernández, J Manqui, C Mejías… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) often cohabite at interfaces shared by humans and wildlife,
interacting with wild canids as predators, prey, competitors and reservoirs of several multi …