[HTML][HTML] Hunting, exotic carnivores, and habitat loss: anthropogenic effects on a native carnivore community, Madagascar

ZJ Farris, CD Golden, S Karpanty, A Murphy… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The wide-ranging, cumulative, negative effects of anthropogenic disturbance, including
habitat degradation, exotic species, and hunting, on native wildlife has been well …

Threats to a rainforest carnivore community: A multi-year assessment of occupancy and co-occurrence in Madagascar

ZJ Farris, BD Gerber, K Valenta, R Rafaliarison… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Protected areas (PA) aim to eliminate many of the threats that species face on the greater
landscape. In the last three decades, PA's have expanded considerably; however …

The times they are a changin': Multi-year surveys reveal exotics replace native carnivores at a Madagascar rainforest site

ZJ Farris, MJ Kelly, S Karpanty, A Murphy… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Surveys across multiple seasons or years are necessary to evaluate the effects of dynamic
processes on long-term persistence of wildlife populations, such as effects of exotic species …

Habitat use of and threats to African large carnivores in a mixed‐use landscape

P Strampelli, P Henschel, CE Searle… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large carnivores increasingly inhabit human‐affected landscapes, which exhibit
heterogeneity in biotic resources, anthropogenic pressures, and management strategies …

Optimizing conservation policy: The importance of seasonal variation in hunting and meat consumption on the Masoala peninsula of Madagascar

C Borgerson - Oryx, 2016 - cambridge.org
Studying seasonal hunting patterns can be critical for developing sound actions for
conservation and public health. As availability of funds to implement conservation policy is …

Using camera traps to investigate spatial co‐occurrence between exotic predators and native prey species: a case study from northeastern Madagascar

A Murphy, MJ Kelly, SM Karpanty… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of exotic predators in ecosystems across the world is a leading driver of native
species' declines. Exotic predators largely influence native species through predation and …

Predator–primate distribution, activity, and co-occurrence in relation to habitat and human activity across fragmented and contiguous forests in northeastern …

ZJ Farris, SM Karpanty, F Ratelolahy… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Predator–primate interactions are understudied, yet predators have been shown to influence
primate behavior, population dynamics, and spatial distribution. An understanding of these …

Ecological fragmentation effects in mouse lemurs and small mammals in northwestern Madagascar

B Andriatsitohaina, MS Ramsay, F Kiene… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major ecological forces threatening animal communities
across the globe. These issues are especially true in Madagascar, where forest loss is …

Rural bushmeat consumption within multiple-use protected areas: qualitative evidence from southwest Madagascar

CJ Gardner, ZG Davies - Human Ecology, 2014 - Springer
Ensuring the sustainability of bushmeat consumption is critical for both biodiversity
conservation and poverty alleviation in tropical developing countries, yet we know little …

The impact of forest logging and fragmentation on carnivore species composition, density and occupancy in Madagascar's rainforests

BD Gerber, SM Karpanty, J Randrianantenaina - Oryx, 2012 - cambridge.org
Forest carnivores are threatened globally by logging and forest fragmentation yet we know
relatively little about how such change affects predator populations. This is especially true in …