Variation in red fox Vulpes vulpes diet in five continents

I Castañeda, TS Doherty, PA Fleming… - Mammal …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding variation in the diet of widely distributed species can help us to predict how
they respond to future environmental and anthropogenic changes. We studied the diet of the …

Food webs in Mediterranean rivers

ME Power, JR Holomuzki, RL Lowe - Hydrobiologia, 2013‏ - Springer
River food webs are subject to two regimes of longitudinally varying ecological control:
productivity and disturbance. Light-limited productivity increases as channels widen …

Global change on the roof of the world: Vulnerability of Himalayan otter species to land use and climate alterations

PS Jamwal, M Di Febbraro, ML Carranza… - Diversity and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) prescribes the
quantification of species vulnerability based on three components: sensitivity, adaptive …

Multi‐site generalised dissimilarity modelling: Using zeta diversity to differentiate drivers of turnover in rare and widespread species

G Latombe, C Hui, MA McGeoch - Methods in Ecology and …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Generalised dissimilarity modelling (GDM) applies pairwise beta diversity as a measure of
species turnover with the purpose of explaining changes in species composition under …

Molecular dietary analysis of two sympatric felids in the Mountains of Southwest China biodiversity hotspot and conservation implications

M **ong, D Wang, H Bu, X Shao, D Zhang, S Li… - Scientific Reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Dietary information is lacking in most of small to mid-sized carnivores due to their elusive
predatory behaviour and versatile feeding habits. The leopard cat (LPC; Prionailurus …

The usefulness of elevation as a predictor variable in species distribution modelling

AR Hof, R Jansson, C Nilsson - Ecological Modelling, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly used to forecast impacts of climate
change on species geographic distributions, but the reliability of predictions is scrutinized …

Anthropogenic areas as incidental substitutes for original habitat

A Martínez‐Abraín, J Jiménez - Conservation Biology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
One speaks of ecological substitutes when an introduced species performs, to some extent,
the ecosystem function of an extirpated native species. We suggest that a similar case exists …

Adapting global conservation strategies to climate change at the European scale: the otter as a flagship species

C Cianfrani, G Le Lay, L Maiorano, HF Satizábal… - Biological …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Climate change has created the need for new strategies in conservation planning that
account for the dynamics of factors threatening endangered species. Here we assessed …

The neglected otters in China: Distribution change in the past 400 years and current conservation status

L Zhang, Q Wang, L Yang, F Li, BPL Chan, Z **ao… - Biological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Freshwater biodiversity is currently facing critical threats worldwide. As top predators, otters
are indicator species of ecosystem health, and flagship species for conservation in …

Assessing carnivore diet by faecal samples and stomach contents: a case study with Alpine red foxes

A Balestrieri, L Remonti, C Prigioni - Open Life Sciences, 2011‏ - degruyter.com
Research on the feeding habits of mammalian carnivores relies mainly on the analysis of
stomach contents and faecal samples, but the outcomes of these two methods have only …