Top carnivores play an important role in maintaining energy flow and functioning of the
ecosystem, and a clear understanding of their diets and foraging strategies is essential for …

Long recognized as a threat to wildlife, particularly for large carnivores, livestock grazing in
protected areas can potentially undermine conservation objectives. The interspecific …

Both hunger and body size differences increase the likelihood that an encounter between 2
predators turns into a cannibalistic event. Two hypotheses with opposite predictions can be …

Biologists have long known that predators vary (modulate) their prey-capture behaviour in
response to different prey. We propose an optimization model to predict when and why …

Human-wildlife conflict is one of the world's leading conservation challenges. Carnivores are
often found at the forefront of these conflicts with humans, and livestock depredation as a …

Highlights•Territorial males were sensitive to sneaker motion.•Sneakers used pause-travel
locomotion to get closer to spawning site.•Sneakers adjusted movements and often moved …