Food habits of the world's grey wolves

TM Newsome, L Boitani, G Chapron, P Ciucci… - Mammal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Grey wolves Canis lupus have been studied extensively, but there has been no detailed
review of the species' feeding ecology, despite growing debate about how to conserve wolf …

Continental patterns in the diet of a top predator: Australia's dingo

TS Doherty, NE Davis, CR Dickman… - Mammal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving large carnivores is controversial because they can threaten wildlife, human
safety, and livestock production. Since large carnivores often have large ranges, effective …

[图书][B] The normalized difference vegetation index

N Pettorelli - 2013 - books.google.com
There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and
conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference …

The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence

CT Lamb, AT Ford, BN McLellan… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
With a shrinking supply of wilderness and growing recognition that top predators can have a
profound influence on ecosystems, the persistence of large carnivores in human-dominated …

Survival and divergence in a small group: The extraordinary genomic history of the endangered Apennine brown bear stragglers

A Benazzo, E Trucchi, JA Cahill… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
About 100 km east of Rome, in the central Apennine Mountains, a critically endangered
population of∼ 50 brown bears live in complete isolation. Mating outside this population is …

Independent amylase gene copy number bursts correlate with dietary preferences in mammals

P Pajic, P Pavlidis, K Dean, L Neznanova, RA Romano… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The amylase gene (AMY), which codes for a starch-digesting enzyme in animals, underwent
several gene copy number gains in humans (Perry et al., 2007), dogs (Axelsson et al …

Quantifying consistent individual differences in habitat selection

M Leclerc, E Vander Wal, A Zedrosser, JE Swenson… - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Habitat selection is a fundamental behaviour that links individuals to the resources required
for survival and reproduction. Although natural selection acts on an individual's phenotype …

Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: predator–prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape

I Dorresteijn, J Schultner… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Apex predators perform important functions that regulate ecosystems worldwide. However,
little is known about how ecosystem regulation by predators is influenced by human …

Seasonal and annual variation in the diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in the boreal forest of southcentral Sweden

NE Stenset, PN Lutnæs, V Bjarnadóttir, B Dahle… - Wildlife …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding a species' feeding ecology is essential for successful management and
conservation, because food abundance can influence body mass, survival, reproductive …

Food webs reveal coexistence mechanisms and community organization in carnivores

Q Lu, C Cheng, L Xiao, J Li, X Li, X Zhao, Z Lu, J Zhao… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Globally, massive carnivore guild extirpations have led to trophic downgrading and
compromised ecosystem services. However, the complexity of multi-carnivore food webs …