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What is an apex predator? - Global Trophic Cascades Program

Large ' apex ' predators influence ecosystems in profound ways, by limiting the density of their prey and controlling smaller. ' mesopredators ' . The loss of ...

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... residential yards across Orange County, California. Two bait stations, armed with non-toxic bait, were monitored continuously in each yard for approximately ...

Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade - Nature

Here we show that experimentally manipulating fear itself in free-living mesocarnivore (raccoon) populations using month-long playbacks of large ...

(PDF) Ecological Potential for Rabies Virus Transmission via ...

... residential yards and then monitored them with trail cameras for 5 d. ... mesocarnivores and bats, we also examined the effect of housing density on abundance.

Evaluating the role of area, isolation, and human behavior on meso ...

Jackson is also home to numerous wildlife species. Mammalian species include bobcats, coyotes, striped skunks, white-tailed deer, raccoons,.

Mountain Lion Kill-Site Forensics: Identifying Predation, Scavenging ...

... yards away. Interpreting the feeding signs of predators and ... mesocarnivores and bears tend to nibble at the meat in between the ...

Coexistence of predators in time: Effects of season and prey ...

Consequently, the apex of the regional trophic chain is occupied by five terrestrial mesocarnivore species, all of them included in the study: ...

Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores - Jachowski Lab

While some small carnivore species are able to adapt to areas of human development (Bateman and. Fleming, 2012), land conversion to residential and commercial ...

The Rise of the Mesopredator Author(s): Laura R. Prugh, Chantal J ...

Some researchers have defined mesopredators as midranking mammalian predators within certain weight ranges (e.g., 1 to 15 kilograms; Buskirk 1999,. Gehrt and ...

Prey partitioning and livestock consumption in the world's richest ...

Dietary partitioning was more evident between large-carnivore and mesocarnivore guilds, yet different large carnivores showed divergent ...

Carnivore Niche Partitioning in a Human Landscape

Indeed, the “landscape of fear” for mesopredators may be especially steep ... Spatial characteristics of residential development shift large carnivore prey habits ...

effects of development on mesocarnivore occupancy across

Camera traps located at the urban end of the gradient (Figure. 2a) surveyed landscapes in proximity to extensive road networks, commercial, and residential.

Carnivore Niche Partitioning in a Human Landscape

mesocarnivores and small carnivores (Laporte et al. 2010) ... Spatial characteristics of residential development shift large carnivore prey habits.

Movement ecology of an endangered mesopredator in a mining ...

In non-breeding season, when the female quoll was collared, home ranges are relatively similar between sexes and habitat selection is not likely ...

Humans Are More Influential Than Coyotes on Mammalian ... - CoLab

... residential lands. We conducted a camera trapping study in 36 residential yards across an urban gradient to assess the relative ...

Carnivores in the city: making friends with our wild neighbours

... yard on Bainbridge Island – only a short ferry ride from the ... residential yards. Rats and introduced rabbits, house mice, the ...

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Detection and characterization of novel luchacoviruses, genus Alphacoronavirus, in saliva and feces of meso-carnivores in the northeastern United ...

Research: Mid-Size Carnivores - Denali National Park & Preserve ...

Denali is also home to multiple mid-sized (or "meso") carnivores: coyotes, red foxes, wolverines, river otters, mink, American marten, and Canada lynx.