Cathemerality: a key temporal niche

DTC Cox, KJ Gaston - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many
species specialise their physical activity to being diurnal or nocturnal, and it was long …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison and critique of different scat‐analysis methods for determining carnivore diet

U Klare, JF Kamler, DW Macdonald - Mammal Review, 2011 - researchgate.net
For terrestrial carnivores, scat analysis is the technique most often used to determine diets.
Various methods of interpreting scat-analysis data exist; however, little is known about how …

Carnivore diet analysis based on next‐generation sequencing: application to the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in Pakistan

W Shehzad, T Riaz, MA Nawaz, C Miquel… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Diet analysis is a prerequisite to fully understand the biology of a species and the
functioning of ecosystems. For carnivores, traditional diet analyses mostly rely upon the …

[LIVRO][B] The biology and conservation of wild felids

D Macdonald, A Loveridge - 2010 - books.google.com
The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with
the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's …

Spatial co-occurrence and activity patterns of mesocarnivores in the temperate forests of Southwest China

H Bu, F Wang, WJ McShea, Z Lu, D Wang, S Li - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the interactions between species and their coexistence mechanisms will
help explain biodiversity maintenance and enable managers to make sound conservation …

Diet and habitat selection of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis borneoensis) in an agricultural landscape in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

R Rajaratnam, M Sunquist, L Rajaratnam… - Journal of tropical …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Ten leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis borneoensis) were captured and radio tracked
in an agricultural landscape in Sabah, Malaysia. Seventy-two leopard cat scats were …

[PDF][PDF] Terrestrial activity patterns of wild cats from camera-trap**.

AJ Lynam, KE Jenks, N Tantipisanuh… - Raffles Bulletin of …, 2013 - academia.edu
The behaviour of wild cats is poorly understood. Using camera-trap**, we quantified
temporal overlap among seven species of Asian wild cats, including tiger Panthera tigris and …

Spatial organization and food habits of jaguars (Panthera onca) in a floodplain forest

FCC de Azevedo, DL Murray - Biological conservation, 2007 - Elsevier
For most carnivore populations, territoriality is the regulating social system ultimately
determined by food abundance and/or strife. However, in some food-based territorial felid …

Evaluation of potential factors predisposing livestock to predation by jaguars

FCC de Azevedo, DL Murray - The journal of wildlife …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Depredation of livestock by large carnivores is an important but poorly understood source of
human‐carnivore conflict. We examined patterns of livestock depredation by jaguars …

Generalist carnivores can be effective biodiversity samplers of terrestrial vertebrates

X Shao, Q Lu, M Liu, M **ong, H Bu… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity conservation relies on effective practical methods for assessing species
occurrences and distributions, particularly for elusive species. Generalist carnivores are …