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Journal articles on the topic "Mammal carnivorous"
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Middleton, Owen S., Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, and Christopher J. Sandom. "Homogenization of carnivorous mammal ensembles caused by global range reductions of large-bodied hypercarnivores during the late Quaternary." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1929 (2020): 20200804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0804.
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Carnivorous mammals play crucial roles in ecosystems by influencing prey densities and behaviour, and recycling carrion. Yet, the influence of carnivores on global ecosystems has been affected by extinctions and range contractions throughout the Late Pleistocene and Holocene (approx. 130 000 years ago to the current). Large-bodied mammals were particularly affected, but how dietary strategies influenced species' susceptibility to geographical range reductions remains unknown. We investigated (i) the importance of dietary strategies in explaining range reductions of carnivorous mammals (greater than or equal to 5% vertebrate meat consumption) and (ii) differences in functional diversity of continental carnivore ensembles by comparing current, known ranges to current, expected ranges under a present-natural counterfactual scenario. The present-natural counterfactual estimates current mammal ranges had modern humans not expanded out of Africa during the Late Pleistocene and were not a main driver of extinctions and range contractions, alongside changing climates. Ranges of large-bodied hypercarnivorous mammals are currently smaller than expected, compared to smaller-bodied carnivorous mammals that consume less vertebrate meat. This resulted in consistent differences in continental functional diversity, whereby current ensembles of carnivorous mammals have undergone homogenization through structural shifts towards smaller-bodied insectivorous and herbivorous species. The magnitude of ensemble structural shifts varied among continents, with Australia experiencing the greatest difference. Weighting functional diversity by species’ geographical range sizes caused a threefold greater shift in ensemble centroids than when using presence–absence alone. Conservation efforts should acknowledge current reductions in the potential geographical ranges of large-bodied hypercarnivores and aim to restore functional roles in carnivore ensembles, where possible, across continents.
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Middleton, Owen, Hanna Svensson, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Søren Faurby, and Christopher Sandom. "CarniDIET 1.0: A database of terrestrial carnivorous mammal diets." Global Ecology and Biogeography 30, no. 6 (2021): 1175–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13296.
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Buenrostro-Silva, Alejandra, Daniela Sigüenza Pérez, and Jesús García-Grajales. "MAMÍFEROS CARNÍVOROS DEL PARQUE NACIONAL LAGUNAS DE CHACAHUA, OAXACA, MÉXICO: RIQUEZA, ABUNDANCIA Y PATRONES DE ACTIVIDAD." Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Epoca) 5, no. 2 (2015): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ie.20074484e.2015.5.2.209.
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RESUMENLos mamíferos carnívoros desempeñan un rol importante en la estructura de las comunidades; sin embargo, los estudios sobre este grupo son complicados debido a sus estilos de vida, por lo que aún existen vacíos de información biológica. En este estudio se utilizaron trampas cámara en cuatro localidades de la costa central de Oaxaca, México. El trabajo se efectuó de septiembre de 2009 a agosto de 2010, con un esfuerzo total de 1012 días/trampa. Se obtuvieron 160 registros fotográficos independientes de ochos especies de mamíferos carnívoros y respecto a las presas potenciales se registraron cinco especies de mamíferos, dos especies de reptiles y dos grupos (aves y ratones). De acuerdo al Índice de Abundancia Relativa obtenido, los carnívoros más abundantes fueron Spilogale pygmaea, Urocyon cinereoargenteus y Nasua narica, mientras que las presas potenciales más abundantes fueron Didelphis virginiana, Dasypus novemcinctus y el grupo de los ratones. El patrón de actividad de las especies registradas mostró que el 73.8% son de hábitos nocturnos. El ganado vacuno de libre pastoreo mostró una abundancia que podría tener impactos en el ambiente natural y el nivel de recursos disponibles para la fauna silvestre de la región.Palabras clave: Cámaras-trampa, Carnívora, Oaxaca, patrón de actividad, Tututepec.ABSTRACTCarnivorous mammals play an important role on the community structure, however information gaps exist on their current situation debt to their nocturnal habits, evasive behavior and low population densities. In this study, we used camera traps to obtain records of mammal carnivores and their potential prey in four localities in the coastal central of Oaxaca, Mexico. The study was conducted from September 2009 to August 2010, with a total sampling effort of 1,012 trap/days. We obtained 160 independent photographs records of eights carnivorous mammal species and regarding potential prey we obtained five mammals species, two reptile species and two groups (birds and mice). According with the two Relative Abundance Index obtained Spilogale pygmaea, Urocyon cinereoargenteus y Nasua narica were the most abundant carnivorous mammals while that Didelphis virginiana, Dasypus novemcinctus and the mice group were the most abundant potential prey. The activity patterns of the species showed that 73.8% of them are nocturnal. The free range cattle showed an abundance that could have impacts in the natural environment and the level of resources available for the wildlife in the region.Key words: Camera-traps, Carnivora, Oaxaca, activity patterns, Tututepec.
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Sazima, Ivan, and Cristina Sazima. "Cleaner birds: an overview for the Neotropics." Biota Neotropica 10, no. 4 (2010): 195–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06032010000400025.
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Several bird species feed on a variety of external parasites and epibionts, organic debris, dead and wounded tissue, clots and blood, and secretions from the body of other vertebrates (hosts or clients). We present an overview of so called cleaner birds from the Neotropics based on field records, literature, and photo survey. We found that 33 bird species in 16 families practice cleaning even if some of them do so very occasionally. The birds range from the Galápagos ground finch Geospiza fuliginosa to the widespread black vulture Coragyps atratus. Clients mostly are large herbivores such as capybaras, deer, and livestock, but also include medium-sized herbivores such as iguanas and tortoises, and carnivores such as boobies and seals - a few bird species associate with these latter marine mammals. No carnivorous terrestrial mammal client is recorded to date except for a domestic dog, from whose hair black vultures picked organic debris. Some clients adopt particular inviting postures while being cleaned, whereas others are indifferent or even disturbed by the activity of cleaner birds. Capybaras, giant tortoises, and iguanas are among the inviting clients, whereas boobies try to dislodge the 'vampire' finch Geospiza difficilis. Most of the Neotropical cleaner birds may be lumped in one broad category (omnivores that dwell in open areas and associate with large to medium-sized herbivores). A second, restricted category accommodates some species from Patagonia and the Galápagos Islands (omnivores that dwell in open areas and associate with carnivorous marine mammals, or seabirds and marine reptiles). Two still more restricted categories accommodate the following: 1) forest-dwelling cleaner birds; and 2) marine coastal cleaners. Additional records of Neotropical cleaner birds will mostly fall in the broad category.
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Figueirido, Borja, Alberto Martín-Serra, and Christine M. Janis. "Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogues: the predatory behavior of the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) as revealed by elbow joint morphology." Paleobiology 42, no. 3 (2016): 508–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pab.2015.55.
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AbstractThylacoleo carnifex, or the “pouched lion” (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae), was a carnivorous marsupial that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene. Although all present-day researchers agree that Thylacoleo had a hypercarnivorous diet, the way in which it killed its prey remains uncertain. Here we use geometric morphometrics to capture the shape of the elbow joint (i.e., the anterior articular surface of the distal humerus) in a wide sample of extant mammals of known behavior to determine how elbow anatomy reflects forearm use. We then employ this information to investigate the predatory behavior of Thylacoleo. A principal components analysis indicates that Thylacoleo is the only carnivorous mammal to cluster with extant taxa that have an extreme degree of forearm maneuverability, such as primates and arboreal xenarthrans (pilosans). A canonical variates analysis confirms that Thylacoleo had forearm maneuverability intermediate between wombats (terrestrial) and arboreal mammals and a much greater degree of maneuverability than any living carnivoran placental. A linear discriminant analysis computed to separate the elbow morphology of arboreal mammals from terrestrial ones shows that Thylacoleo was primarily terrestrial but with some climbing abilities. We infer from our results that Thylacoleo used its forelimbs for grasping or manipulating prey to a much higher degree than its supposed extant placental counterpart, the African lion (Panthera leo). The use of the large and retractable claw on the semiopposable thumb of Thylacoleo for potentially slashing and disemboweling prey is discussed in the light of this new information.
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Bilski, D. R., M. R. Pie, and F. C. Passos. "Variable inbreeding effects across life-history stages in a captive carnivorous mammal population." Animal Conservation 16, no. 6 (2013): 633–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12038.
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Tomiya, Susumu, Shawn P. Zack, Michelle Spaulding, and John J. Flynn. "Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world." Journal of Paleontology 95, S82 (2021): 1–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.74.
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AbstractThe middle Eocene Washakie Formation of Wyoming, USA, provides a rare window, within a single depositional basin, into the faunal transition that followed the early Eocene warming events. Based on extensive examination, we report a minimum of 27 species of carnivorous mammals from this formation, more than doubling the previous taxic count. Included in this revised list are a new species of carnivoraform, Neovulpavus mccarrolli n. sp., and up to ten other possibly new taxa. Our cladistic analysis of early Carnivoraformes incorporating new data clarified the array of middle Eocene taxa that are closely related to crown-group Carnivora. These anatomically relatively derived carnivoraforms collectively had an intercontinental distribution in North America and east Asia, exhibiting notable variations in body size and dental adaptation. This time period also saw parallel trends of increase in body size and dental sectoriality in distantly related lineages of carnivores spanning a wide range of body sizes. A new, model-based Bayesian analysis of diversity dynamics accounting for imperfect detection revealed a high probability of substantial loss of carnivore species between the late Bridgerian and early Uintan North American Land Mammal ‘Ages’, coinciding with the disappearance of formerly common mammals such as hyopsodontids and adapiform primates. Concomitant with this decline in carnivore diversity, the Washakie vertebrate fauna underwent significant disintegration, as measured by patterns of coordinated detection of taxa at the locality level. These observations are consistent with a major biomic transition in the region in response to climatically induced opening-up of forested habitats.UUID: http://zoobank.org/9162f1a6-a12c-4d55-ba1d-dc66e8cda261
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Piggott, Maxine P., and Andrea C. Taylor. "Extensive evaluation of faecal preservation and DNA extraction methods in Australian native and introduced species." Australian Journal of Zoology 51, no. 4 (2003): 341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo03012.
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We evaluated and compared sixteen combinations of commonly used storage and extraction methods for faecal DNA from two Australian marsupial herbivores, two marsupial carnivores and an introduced carnivorous mammal. For all species the highest amplification and lowest genotyping error rates were achieved using dried faeces extracted via a surface wash followed by spin column purification. The highest error rates were seen in the two Dasyurus spp. and the lowest in Vulpes vulpes. The rates observed for each species were incorporated into computer simulations to identify the number of PCR replicates required to achieve accurate genotyping of DNA isolated via the optimised protocol. Three replicates per sample were sufficient for V. vulpes, Thylogale billardierii and Petrogale penicillata. However, further replicates may be required for marsupial carnivores, as their faeces yielded DNA that amplified substantially less often and less reliably, for all preservation and extraction methods tested, than did the other species. Although pilot studies remain vital for evaluating the feasibility of non-invasive sampling prior to undertaking any in-depth study the availability of a thoroughly tested storage and DNA extraction combination protocol known to be optimal for five different species should make that process much simpler.
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Wenting, Elke, Henk Siepel, and Patrick A. Jansen. "Stoichiometric variation within and between a terrestrial herbivorous and a semi-aquatic carnivorous mammal." Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 62 (December 2020): 126622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2020.126622.
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Maurya, Vipul, Jai Pratap Singh, Kahkashan Naseem, et al. "Photographic evidence of Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena (Mammalia: Carnivora: Hyaenidae) in Ramnagar forest division, Uttarakhand, India." Journal of Threatened Taxa 10, no. 15 (2018): 13017–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.3555.10.15.13017-13019.
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Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena is a large carnivorous mammal found in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and India. Though the mammal is largely distributed across the globe, it is listed under the Near Threatened category by IUCN Red List. Uttarakhand is one of the states in India that is highly rich in biodiversity. The last reported evidence of the Striped Hyena in Ramnagar Division, Uttarakhand, was in a working plan in 1977. All India tiger estimations through camera traps conducted in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 failed to record the species in the area. The current study conducted in March–December 2015 utilized opportunistic sampling methods to confirm the presence of hyenas in Ramnagar Forest Division of Uttarakhand. The study presents photographic evidence of the Striped Hyena in the area.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Mammal carnivorous"
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Jenkins, Ian. "Cranial form and function in some Permian carnivorous synapsid (mammal-like) reptiles." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407427.
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Neves, Vânia Isabel Brito das. "Factores que influenciam a mortalidade por atropelamento de mamíferos carnívoros." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/20816.
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Conhecer os factores que influenciam a mortalidade por atropelamento de mamíferos carnívoros é extremamente útil na gestão do ambiente rodoviário, permitindo a aplicação de medidas de mitigação e minimização de impactos. O presente estudo pretendeu avaliar o efeito do habitat, métrica da paisagem e estradas na probabilidade de ocorrência de dois pequenos mamíferos carnívoros - raposa (Vulpes vulpes) e de geneta (Genetta genetta) - e por sua vez integrar esta informação na modelação da mortalidade por atropelamento. Para isso foram usados Modelos Lineares Generalizados (GLMs) para estudar a relação entre a ocorrência de cada uma das duas espécies e os factores acima descritos. As probabilidades de ocorrência de cada espécie e os restantes descritores ambientais foram então usados para modelar a ocorrência de mortalidade por atropelamento utilizando novamente GLMs. Os nossos resultados mostram que a probabilidade de ocorrência da geneta é maior em áreas florestais, com elevada densidade de orlas. Esta espécie também respondeu positivamente à presença de ribeiras. Quanto às preferências da raposa (Vulpes vulpes), não foi identificado nenhum padrão no que diz respeito ao tipo de uso do solo, porém esta espécie tende a ser encontrada longe de fontes de água e de perturbação humana, incluindo rodovias de elevada densidade de tráfego. Neste estudo, evidenciou-se ainda a importância de incluir dados relativos à ocorrência das espécies na modelação da mortalidade por atropelamento. No entanto, o padrão da relação entre as probabilidades de ocorrência e a mortalidade é específico, no presente caso com influências opostas, e não pode, portanto, ser generalizado. Além disso, outros factores se revelaram importantes na previsão da ocorrência de mortalidade de ambas as espécies, nomeadamente o aumento do volume de tráfego, com a mortalidade a ser maior em rodovias com moderada intensidade de tráfego; a presença e extensão de áreas ripícolas na periferia da estrada, a presença de áreas florestais e a ausência de perturbação humana, a contribuírem para um aumento do número de atropelamentos. A existência de vedação também poderá ser um factor relevante na ocorrência de mortalidade por atropelamento. Aparentemente um sistema de vedação permeável apenas num dos lados da estrada poderá levar a um aumento desta, embora estes resultados necessitem de mais estudos para ser confirmados estatisticamente. – ABSTRACT: Knowing the factors that influence mammal carnivore road-kills is extremely useful in terms of species conservation and management of the road environment, enabling the implementation of mitigation measures. The present study sought to explore the influence of habitat, landscape elements, roads and other linear structures on the probability of occurrence of two small mammalian carnivores- red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and genet (Genetta genetta) - and how this can predict road-kills. To do so we used generalized linear modelling (GLM) to study the relationship between the occurrence of Genetta genetta and Vulpes vulpes and factors concerning environment, human influence and road features. We also studied the relationship between species distribution patterns, landscape and road features, and mortality in four roads with different traffic volumes and patterns, again using GLM. According to our results, genet probability of occurrence is patchily distributed and embedded in a matrix of forest areas with high edge density. This species also responded well to the presence of streams. Regarding the fox's preferences, no clear overall pattern was identified for any land use. Nevertheless, this species tended to be found away from water sources and human disturbance. It is also shown that roads may have an influence on species distribution. Our findings highlight the need to take into account the occurrence patterns of a species when analysing the factors that determine its road mortality. However, the relationship between occurrence and mortality patterns is clearly species-specific and sometimes opposite. These results strengthen the need for individual species studies and alerts for the danger of generalizing conclusions. Other factors revealed to be important in predicting mortality rates for the two species under study, for instance: the traffic volume, the presence and length of streams in the road vicinity, and the main land uses, with road-killings being promoted in forest and disturbed areas. The presence and location of fences may also influence fatality patterns, as a fencing system on only one side of the road may lead to increased mortality. However, this suggestion needs to be confirmed by further data.
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Rondon, Michelle Viviane Sá dos Santos. "Biodiversity of intestinals parasites in wild mammals from two locations of São Paulo States." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315158.
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Previous issue date: 2010<br>Resumo: Os parasitas ocorrem praticamente em todos os níveis tróficos e sua transmissão pode depender da presença de uma variedade de hospedeiros intermediários, paratênicos e definitivos dentro do ecossistema. Exercem importantes efeitos sobre as populações de seus hospedeiros, alterando o comportamento, sucesso reprodutivo e a mortalidade. Por esse motivo, alguns autores os consideram importantes indicadores ambientais. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a epidemiologia e a biodiversidade de parasitas intestinais em mamíferos silvestres do reservatório do Jaguari, situado na cidade de Vargem/SP e do Parque Ecológico Prof. Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho em Campinas/SP, e relacionar com os hábitos dos hospedeiros. Os espécimes de mamíferos foram capturados por armadilhas, posteriormente foram medidos, pesados, marcados, e após a coleta de fezes, os animais foram soltos. Para a pesquisa dos parasitas intestinais utilizaram-se os métodos de sedimentação, flutuação, e necrópsias foram realizadas em alguns casos. No reservatório de Jaguari foram realizadas 23 coletas entre os meses de agosto de 2005 a agosto de 2007. Os pequenos mamíferos capturados (N= 235) foram: Akodon montensis (71,5%), Calomys sp. (6,8%), Oligoryzomys nigripes (14%), Didelphis aurita (3,4%), Gracilinanus sp. (0,4%), Lutreolina crassicaudata (0,4%), Monodelphis sp. (2,1%) e Sylvilagus brasiliensis (1,3%). Também fora recolhidas amostras fecais (N=44), encontradas nas margens do reservatório de: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (56,8%), Lontra longicaudis (38,6%) e Puma concolor (4,5%). Das 303 amostras, 205 apresentaram-se positivas para parasitas, representando 67,6%. Foram encontrados: adultos de Cruzia tentaculata (0,5%), larvas de Nematoda (18,5%), ovos de Ascarididae (2,9%), Cruzia tentaculata (1,5%), Oxyuridae (0,9%), semelhantes à Dioctophyma sp. (0,5%), Syphacia sp. (0,5%), Toxocaridae sp. (0,5%), Trichostrongylidae (79%), Trichuridae (17%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0,9%), Hymenolepis nana (5,4%), Pseudophyllidea (0,9%), Taeniidae (0,5%), Trematoda (6,3%) e Acanthocephala (3,4%). Cistos de Amoebidae (1,9%), Giardia sp. (0,9%), semelhantes à Balantidium sp. (0,5%), oocistos de Coccidiida (10,2%), Eimeria sp. (0,9%) e trofozoitos de Amoebidae (2,4%), também foram encontrados. No Parque Ecológico, foram realizadas 16 coletas entre os meses de novembro de 2006 a fevereiro de 2008. Os pequenos mamíferos capturados (N= 103) correspondem aos roedores Myocastor coypus (6,8%), Nectomys squamipes (1,0%), Rattus rattus (20,4%), e o marsupial Didelphis albiventris (71,8%). O total de amostras fecais coletadas foi de 279, e 207 apresentaram-se positivas para parasitas, representando 74,2%. Foram encontrados adultos de Cruzia tentaculata (1,4%), larvas de Nematoda (24,1%), ovos de Ascarididae (3,4%), Capillaridae (2,9%), Cruzia tentaculata (67,6%), Oxyuridae (3,4%), semelhantes à Dioctophyma sp. (1,0%); semelhante à Syngamus sp. (6,3%), Spiruroidea (1,0%), Trichostrongylidae (21,2%), Trichuridae (19,8%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0,5%), Trematoda (8,2%), e Acanthocephala (1,9%). Oocistos de Coccidiida (39,6%), Eimeria sp. (4,3%) e Isospora sp. (1,0%) também estiveram presentes. Akodon montensis foi o animal mais frequente e com maior número de morfotipos de parasitas do reservatório de Jaguari, o mesmo ocorreu com o marsupial Didelphis albiventris no Parque Ecológico. Os parasitas mais frequentes foram os de ciclo monoxênico, que estão intimamente ligados aos hábitos dos animais estudados.<br>Abstract: The parasites occur practically in all trophic levels and their transmission can depend by the presence of a variety of intermediate, parathenic and definitive hosts within the ecosystem. They have important effects over their host populations as, behaviour changing, reproductive success and mortality. By these reasons, some authors consider then important environmental indicators. The objective of this studying was the epidemiology and the intestinals parasites biodiversity in wild mammals from the reservoir of Jaguari, located at the City of Vargem, São Paulo state, and relates with the hosts habits. The specimens were captured by traps, than measured, checked the weight, marked, the faeces were collected and the animals were released. For the intestinals parasites research, the sedimentation and fluctuation methods were used, and autopsies were performed in some cases. In the Jaguari reservoir 23 collects were performed between august 2005 to august 2007. The smalls captured mammals (N= 235) were: Akodon montensis (71.5%), Calomys sp. (6.8%), Oligoryzomys nigripes (14%), Didelphis aurita (3.4%), Gracilinanus sp. (0.4%), Lutreolina crassicaudata (0.4%), Monodelphis sp. (2.1%) and Sylvilagus brasiliensis (1.3%). Also faeces samples were collected (N=44) from the margins of the reservoir as: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (56.8%), Lontra longicaudis (38.6%) and Puma concolor (4.5%). From the 303 samples, 205 showed positive for parasites, representing 67.6%. Were found: adults of Cruzia tentaculata (0.5%), larvae of Nematoda (18.5%), Ascarididae eggs (2.9%), Cruzia tentaculata (1.5%), Oxyuridae (0.9%), similars to Dioctophyma sp. (0.5%), Syphacia sp. (0.5%), Toxocaridae sp. (0.5%), Trichostrongylidae (79%), Trichuridae (17%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0.9%), Hymenolepis nana (5.4%), Pseudophyllidea (0.9%), Taeniidae (0.5%), Trematoda (6.3%) and Acanthocephala (3.4%). Cysts of Amoebidae (1.9%), Giardia sp. (0.9%), similars to Balantidium sp. (0.5%), oocysts of Coccidiida (10.2%), Eimeria sp. (0.9%) and trophozoites of Amoebidae (2.4%), also were found. In the Ecological Park, were done 16 collects between November 2006 to February 2008. The small mammals captured (N= 103) were the rodents Myocastor coypus (6.8%), Nectomys squamipes (1.0%), Rattus rattus (20.4%), and the marsupial Didelphis albiventris (71.8%). The total faeces samples collected was 279, and 207 showed positive for parasites, representing 74.2%. Were found adults of Cruzia tentaculata (1.4%), Nematoda larvae (24.1%), Ascarididae eggs (3.4%), Capillaridae (2.9%), Cruzia tentaculata (67.6%), Oxyuridae (3.4%), similars to Dioctophyma sp. (1.0%); similar to Syngamus sp. (6.3%), Spiruroidea (1.0%), Trichostrongylidae (21.2%), Trichuridae (19.8%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0.5%), Trematoda (8.2%), and Acanthocephala (1.9%). Oocysts of Coccidiida (39.6%), Eimeria sp. (4.3%) and Isospora sp. (1.0%) were present as well. Akodon montensis was the most frequent animal and with the highest number of parasites morphotypes from the Jaguari reservoir, the same happened with the marsupial Didelphis albiventris in the Ecological Park. The most frequent parasites were those which have monoxenic cycle, which are intimately connected to the feed habits from the studied animals.<br>Doutorado<br>Parasitologia<br>Doutor em Parasitologia
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Boyles, Esmarie. "Mammalian carnivores as bioindicators to evaluate the exposure and bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in terrestrial ecosystems." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1341.
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To address my first objective, I opportunistically collected road-killed bobcats (n=44) throughout Illinois during 2013-2014, and analyzed their liver tissue for the presence of PCBs, PBDEs, and various other alternative halogenated flame retardants. Concentrations of ∑PCBs ranged from 76.4 ng/g lw to 3782 ng/g lw (median 562.97 ng/g lw). Male bobcats had significantly higher concentrations of PCBs than females (p = 0.04). Concentrations of ∑PBDEs (including all detectable PBDE congeners) ranged from 8.3 to 1920 ng/g lipid weight (median: 50.3 ng/g lw). Among the alternative flame retardants screened, Dechloranes (including anti- and syn-Dechlorane Plus and Dechlorane-602, 603, and 604), tetrabromo-o-chlorotoluene (TBCT), and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) were also detected frequently, with median concentrations of 28.7, 5.2, and 11.8 ng/g lw, respectively. Dechlorane analogue compositions in bobcats were different from that reported in other studies, suggesting species- or analogue-dependent bioaccumulation, biomagnification, or metabolism of Dechlorane chemicals in different food webs. My findings, along with previously reported food web models, suggest Dechloranes may possess substantial bioaccumulation and biomagnification potencies in terrestrial mammalian food webs. Thus, attention should be given to these highly bioavailable flame retardants in future environmental biomonitoring and risk assessments in a post-PBDE era. To address my second objective I collected raccoons (n=32) from various sites across Illinois and Missouri during 2013-2015. Liver tissues were analyzed for the presence of PBDEs and Dechloranes. ∑PBDE concentrations ranged from 19.1 ng/g lw to 2124 ng/g lw (median = 98.0 ng/g lw) and did not differ between gender or age of raccoon. Although nonsignificant (p=0.06), adult raccoons appeared to have greater PBDE concentration loads compared to juveniles. These nonsignificant differences are likely due to large variation in contaminant concentrations, possibly reflecting differences in individual raccoon diet and behavior. This is the first study reporting bioaccumulation of halogenated flame retardants in a wild felid in North America, and also the first report of PBDE accumulation in North American raccoons. The wide detection of Dechloranes, HBCD and TBCT in bobcats suggests a broad exposure of these alternative flame retardants in terrestrial apex predators in terrestrial ecosystems. The comparatively high levels of PBDEs in raccoons also suggest that biota in terrestrial habitats are still widely exposed to and susceptible to the bioaccumulation of these flame retardants.
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Marques, Sara Isabel Ferreira. "Mammal choices in heterogeneous landscape of the Baixo Vouga Lagunar." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13762.
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Mestrado em Biologia Aplicada - Ecologia, Biodiversidade e Gestão de Ecossistemas<br>The relation between landscape structure and species distribution is a major question in landscape ecology. Terrestrial mammals are particularly susceptible to the spatial features, such as habitat type and landscape complexity, as well as to resource availability (e.g. shelter and food supply). The main objective of this thesis was to describe and understand the patterns of terrestrial non-volant mammal species richness, distribution and abundance in the heterogeneous landscape of Baixo Vouga Lagunar, north-western Portugal. Thus, small mammals and carnivores were sampled using three different strategies: a capture programme focused on small mammals (Rodentia and Eulipotyphla), and sign surveys and camera trapping for carnivores. In general, wetland habitats, such as reed beds, rushes and marshlands, seemed to favour small mammal fauna, being reed bed the habitat with the highest values of diversity. Furthermore, carnivore richness appeared to be favoured by the length of freshwater lines, and consequently by the associated riparian vegetation. Contrary, exotic forest was negatively related to both small mammal fauna and carnivore richness, and presented the lowest small mammal diversity. Overall, carnivore richness was mainly driven by landscape features, rather than by human influence and prey availability, or a combination of them. Surprisingly, prey availability seemed not to influence carnivore richness, probably as a consequence of a spatiallly wide availability of small mammals through the landscape matrix. Although at a fine-scale of the landscape, heterogeneity did not seem to influence the abundance of small mammals, at a broad-scale, the landscape matrix seems to promote small mammal diversity, since species distribution fluctuated throughout the patchy landscape. Contrasting, carnivore richness was negatively influenced by landscape heterogeneity and fragmentation, since the landscape is mainly composed by open habitats. Overall, the main findings of this study support the importance of hedgerow habitats (e.g. riparian gallery) to carnivore assemblage by providing water, shelter and enhancing landscape connectivity, and of wetland habitats for small mammal community. Furthermore, the results obtained revealed the reduced biological value of monocultures, especially forests of exotic species. This study reinforces the importance of the Baixo Vouga Lagunar region to wildlife and provides crucial information to develop adequate management and conservation guidelines.<br>A relação entre a estrutura da paisagem e a distribuição das espécies é um dos temas centrais da ecologia da paisagem. Os mamíferos terrestres são particularmente suscetíveis às características físicas do ambiente, como o tipo de habitat e a complexidade da paisagem, assim como à disponibilidade de recursos (e.g. abrigo e alimento). O principal objetivo deste estudo centrou-se na descrição e compreensão dos padrões de distribuição, abundância e riqueza específica dos mamíferos terrestres na paisagem heterogénea do Baixo Vouga Lagunar. Para tal foi amostrada a comunidade de micromamíferos e carnívoros com recurso a três metodologias distintas: programa de captura de micromamíferos (Rodentia e Eulipotyphla), e prospeção de indícios de presença e armadilhagem fotográfica de carnívoros. No geral, os resultados mostraram que os habitats húmidos, como os caniçais, juncais e sapais, favorecem a fauna de micromamíferos, sendo o caniçal o habitat que registou valores mais elevados de diversidade. Para além disso, a riqueza específica de carnívoros evidenciou ser favorecida pelo comprimento das linhas de água doce, e consequentemente pela vegetação ripícola associada. Pelo contrário, a floresta exótica composta por eucaliptos apareceu negativamente correlacionada com ambos os grupos de mamíferos, apresentando os valores mais baixos de riqueza específica de micromamíferos. As características da paisagem mostraram ser o fator mais importante para a riqueza de carnívoros, quando comparadas com a disponibilidade de presas e influência humana, ou com a combinação destes. Surpreendentemente, a disponibilidade de presas não influenciou a riqueza de carnívoros, o que pode ser uma consequência da ampla disponibilidade espacial de micromamíferos pela matriz da paisagem. Embora a uma pequena escala a heterogeneidade da paisagem pareça não influenciar a abundância de micromamíferos, à escala da paisagem o mosaico de habitats parece promover a diversidade de micromamíferos. Esta conclusão assenta sobre a distribuição das diversas espécies que varia pelas manchas de diferentes habitats. Por outro lado, a riqueza específica de carnívoros foi negativamente influenciada pela heterogeneidade e fragmentação da paisagem, a qual é composta maioritariamente por habitats abertos. Os principais resultados deste estudo suportam a importância dos habitats lineares para a comunidade de carnívoros no Baixo Vouga Lagunar, nomeadamente a galeria ripícola, e dos habitats húmidos para a fauna de micromamíferos, que lhes fornecem alimento. Revelaram ainda o reduzido valor biológico das monoculturas, em particular florestas de espécies exóticas. Este estudo reforça assim importância do Baixo Vouga Lagunar para a vida selvagem, e fornece bases essenciais para o desenvolvimento de medidas adequadas de gestão e conservação para a região.
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Peigné, Stéphane. "Systématique et évolution des Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) du paléogène d'Eurasie." Poitiers, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000POIT2335.
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Afin de mieux comprendre la dynamique des guildes de mammiferes predateurs qui se sont succedees durant le paleogene, il est indispensable de mieux connaitre les especes presentes : leur nombre, leur diversite, leur regime alimentaire, leur mode de locomotion, etc. L'objectif de ce travail etait donc de reviser la systematique des carnivora feliformia et d'analyser leur diversite et les conditions de leur mise en place au cours de l'oligocene d'eurasie. Deux groupes taxonomiques distingues : (1) les aeluroidea, qui rassemblent les viverridae, les felidae, les herpestidae et les hyaenidae, et (2) les nimravidae, une famille totalement eteinte qui comprend des especes a l'allure tres feline. La revision systematique des feliformia paleogenes permet de reconnaitre 20 especes pour l'oligocene et le miocene inferieur. Six ont ete creees au cours de ce travail : stenoplesictis crocheti, stenogale bransatensis, proailurus bourbonnensis, proailurus major, eofelis giganteus et eusmilus villebramarensis. Plusieurs d'entre elles constituent de bon marqueur biochronologique. Une analyse phylogenetique a ete menee sur chaque groupe. Les relations des genres aeluroidea paleogenes avec les familles actuelles sont etudiees. Replace dans son cadre stratigraphique, l'arbre phylogenetique propose permet de vieillir l'age de divergence des aeluroidea (au moins 41 ma) et des nimravidae (entre 53 et 50 ma). Les consequences de ces estimations sur les relations des groupes de carnivora sont discutees. L'etude de la dynamique des guildes de predateurs paleogenes constitue la seconde partie de ce travail. Tous les mammiferes predateurs sont pris en compte : les creodonta et les carnivora. L'evolution de l'abondance des predateurs est analysee sur toute la periode etudiee en fonction de leur groupe taxonomique et de leur poids. Des comparaisons sont effectuees avec les populations de proies. Plusieurs explications des variations observees chez les predateurs sont proposees et discutees.
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Kok, Armand du Preez. "Land-use effects on mammal communities in the Fish-Kowie corridor, Eastern Cape, South Africa, with particular reference to carnivores." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/561.
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Human population growth is causing an increase in habitat transformation on a global scale, and this transformation is driven by changes in land-use practices. One consequence of habitat transformation is the negative effect it can have on mammal communities, especially carnivores. Carnivores are important components of ecosystems as they play an essential structuring role, but also often come into conflict with people. I studied the impact of land-use on mammalian diversity, the attitudes of landowners/managers towards carnivores, the distribution of carnivores, and the interactions among carnivore species in the Fish-Kowie corridor (FKC), an area of conservation concern, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Livestock and game farming are the two dominant land-use types in the FKC. Carnivore distribution data were collected between 2012 and 2014 using a robust camera trap survey that consisted of 432 camera stations (216 on livestock and 216 on game farms). In addition, the attitudes of 55 landowners/managers were assessed using semi- structured questionnaire interviews that were conducted in person. My results revealed that mammal diversity was similar on the two land-use types. However, individual species differed in their distribution on the two land-use types. In general, both livestock and game farmers had negative attitudes towards carnivores in the FKC, due to their depredation of valuable livestock and game species. Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas), caracals (Caracal caracal), leopards (Panthera pardus), and brown hyaenas (Parahyaena brunnea) were considered the most problematic carnivores, but sensitivity to land-use varied among these four species. Black- backed jackals had the highest occupancy rates of all four predators and were 3.8 times more likely to occupy sites on game farms compared to livestock farms. By contrast, leopards and brown hyaenas were only detected on game farms, and caracals did not appear to be sensitive to the effects of land-use. In general, the interactions among carnivores were weak and were likely driven by carnivore diversity, resource partitioning, and anthropogenic pressures. While there were many subtle differences in the distribution of mammal species and human attitudes towards wildlife on livestock and game farms in the FKC, there were also many similarities. My study has produced results that can be used by the FKC community to better understand how mammals and humans interact across the landscape, information that will ultimately contribute to future conservation planning in the area.
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Nakano-Oliveira, Eduardo 1972. "Ecologia alimentar e area de vida de carnivoros da Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, Ipero, SP (Carnivora : Mammalia)." [s.n.], 2002. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315864.
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Previous issue date: 2002<br>Resumo: Esse estudo organizado em dois capítulos, teve por finalidade obter maiores informações sobre a comunidade de mamíferos carnívoros da Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, localizada no município de lperó, Estado de São Paulo. Foi possível estudar mais detalhadamente a dieta de 5 espécies: lontra (Lontra longicaudis), cachorro-do-mato (Cerdocyon thous), quati (Nasua nasua), gato-do-mato (Leopardus tigrinus) e gato mourisco (Herpailurus yagouaroundl). Inicialmente o objetivo foi conhecer os itens alimentares utilizados por essas espécies, investigar se existe sobreposição entre suas dietas, verificar se existe variação sazonal, determinar a amplitude de nicho e utilização de hábitat. Também foi possível obter informações menos detalhadas sobre a dieta de mais 3 espécies: mão-pelada (Procyon cancrivorous), furão (Galictis cuja) e suçuarana (Puma concolor). Para isso foi utilizado o método de análise de conteúdo fecal (N=257). Os resultados indicaram a lontra como a espécie mais especialista, se alimentando basicamente de peixes e crustáceos, seguida pelos felídeos que utilizaram grande quantidade de vertebrados e poucos invertebrados e matéria vegetal, se mostrando as espécies mais predadoras do estudo. O cachorro-do-mato e o quati aparecem como generalistas, se alimentando tanto de matéria animal como vegetal, e apresentando grande variação sazonal em sua dieta. Além dos dados referentes à ecologia alimentar, foi também possível obter informações sobre padrão de atividade, tamanho e sobreposição da área de vida e utilização de hábitat de 4 indivíduos (2 cachorros-do-mato e 2 quatis) através do método de rádio-telemetria. Em relação ao padrão de atividade, os cachorrosdo-mato apresentaram hábitos noturnos, e os quatis hábitos diurnos embora tenha ocorrido alguma atividade noturna. Os cachorros-do-mato utilizaram principalmente áreas de vegetação aberta, chegando próximo a habitações humanas, porém sem causar prejuízos. Utilizaram o mesmo dormitório, e apesar de forragearem próximos um do outro, cada um procurou seu próprio alimento a não ser no período de amamentação, quando o macho aparentemente levava alimento para a fêmea e os filhotes. Os quatis demonstraram preferência por áreas fechadas, sendo que a fêmea fazia parte de um bando e o macho permaneceu solitário a maior parte do estudo<br>Abstract: The aim of this work organized en Mo chapters was to obtain more information about the community of Camivora of the Floresta Nacional de Ipanema located in the State of São Paulo. It was possible to study with more details the diet of 5 species: otter (Lontra /ongicaudis), crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), coati (Nasua nasua), oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) e jaguarundi (Herpai/urus yagouaroundl). It also was possible to obtain some information about the diet of 3 more species: crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorous), grison (Ga/ictis cuja) and puma (Puma conc%J). This part of the study was developed through scat analysis (N=257). Information about activity time, habitat use, and home-range of 4 individuais (2 crab-eating fox and 2 coatis) was obtained through radio-telemetry. The results showed that otters were specialist, eating mainly fishes and crustaceans. The felids<br>Mestrado<br>Mestre em Ecologia
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Gardezi, Tariq Farid. "A comparative study of species diversity in relation to body size in carnivores, Mammalia, carnivora." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0028/MQ31429.pdf.
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Nakano-Oliveira, Eduardo 1972. "Ecologia e conservação de mamiferos carnivoros de Mata Atlantica na região do compelxo estuarino lagunar de Cananeia, Estado de São Paulo." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315863.
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Previous issue date: 2006<br>Resumo: Na Floresta Atlântica, existe uma grande deficiência de informações sobre os mamíferos da ordem Carnívora, principalmente em ambientes estuarinos e insulares, assim esse estudo teve o objetivo geral de fornecer as primeiras informações sobre a comunidade de mamíferos carnívoros em três ilhas da região do Complexo Estuarino Lagunar Iguape/Cananéia, litoral sul de São Paulo e tentar identificar as principais ameaças ambientais locais utilizando essas espécies como indicadores ecológicos. Para isso, foi utilizada uma combinação de métodos acreditando que essa seria a forma mais eficiente de reunir dados variados. A riqueza foi estimada através de identificação de pegadas e fezes, além de avistamentos, capturas e armadilhas fotográficas. A dieta foi estudada através da análise de conteúdo fecal. A impressão dos moradores locais em relação aos carnívoros da região foi possível através da aplicação de questionários fechados. A influência do contato antrópico sobre carnívoros onívoros foi analisada através do monitoramento de sete cachorros-do-mato por rádio telemetria, sendo que três pertenciam a um grupo que freqüentava constantemente áreas habitadas e quatro indivíduos pertenciam a um grupo sem contato com humanos. Além desses métodos, durante todo o trabalho foram registrados todos os tipos de distúrbios ambientais encontrados. A Ilha do Cardoso foi a que
apresentou maior riqueza de carnívoros silvestres (n=9), seguido pela Ilha Comprida (n=6) e Ilha de Cananéia (n=5). Em relação à dieta, as lontras c onsumiram peixes e caranguejos, os mão-peladas se alimentaram principalmente de crustáceos e frutos e os cachorros-do mato
apresentaram uma dieta bastante variada, incluindo caranguejos, insetos, frutos e pequenos vertebrados. Os felídeos consumiram vertebrados sendo que os de maior porte foram predados apenas por onça-parda. De maneira geral, os moradores entrevistados tem afinidade com a natureza, mas ainda demonstram um certo receio em relação aos carnívoros silvestres, principalmente devido a problemas de predação sobre animais de
criação como galinhas e patos, e sobre peixes em ¿viveiros¿ naturais. Os cachorros-do-mato monitorados indicaram alguns problemas devido ao contato antrópico. O grupo selvagem ocupava áreas bem maiores, forrageava por mais tempo e consumia apenas presas e frutos nativos. Os indivíduos do grupo antrópico visitavam constantemente áreas com lixo
orgânico, ocupavam áreas bastante reduzidas e apresentavam menos atividade. De maneira geral os problemas ambientais detectados estavam direta ou indiretamente relacionado à espécie humana. Entre eles foram destacados a presença de animais domésticos e lixo em áreas naturais, o conflito entre animais silvestres e donos de criações, destruição de
margens de rios, entre outros. A última parte da tese expõe os problemas, recomenda algumas soluções possíveis e cita os projetos desenvolvidos ou em desenvolvimento que estão tentando resolver esses problemas ou levantar informações mais específicas para esse fim<br>Abstract: Considering that in the Atlantic Forest, there is a lack of information on the mammals of the Carnivora order, mainly in the estuaries and islands, this study had the general objectives of providing primary information on the community of carnivore mammals of three islands in the area of Iguape/Cananéia region, south coast of São Paulo and trying to identify the main local environmental threats using these species as ecological indicators. For that, a combination of methods was used because it was believed that this would be the most efficient way of gathering varied data. The richness was estimated using the identification of footprints and feces and also direct observation, captures and photographic traps. The diet was studied through the analysis of the fecal content and a
preliminary analysis of the local residents' impression regarding the carnivores of the area was possible due to the use of questionnaires. The influence of the antropic contact on carnivorous omnivores was analyzed by monitoring seven crab-eating- foxes by radio telemetry. Three of them belonged to a group that was constantly in inhabited areas and
four individuals belonged to a group without any humans contact. Besides these methods, during the whole study all types of environmental disturbances found were registered. The Cardoso Island presented the greatest richness of wild carnivorous (n=9) followed by the Comprida Island (n=6) and the Cananéia Island (n=5). About the diet, the otters consumed
fish and crabs, the crab-eating-raccoons fed mainly on crustaceans and fruits and the crabeating-foxes had a quite varied diet, including crabs, insects, fruits and small vertebrates. The felids consumed vertebrates and the largest ones were predated only by the puma. In general, the residents interviewed have some affinity with nature, but they still demonstrate
a certain fear of the wild carnivores, mainly due to predation problems with animal breeds such as chickens, ducks, and fish. The crab-eating- foxes monitored indicated some problems due to the antropic contact. The wild group was in much larger areas, foraged for more time and consumed just prays and native fruits. The individuals of the antropic group were constantly in areas with organic garbage; they occupied quite reduced areas and were less active. In general, the environmental problems detected were direct or indirectly related to the human species. Among other problems, the presence of domestic animals and garbage in natural areas, the conflict between wild animals and breeders and the destruction
of river banks were emphasized. The last part of the thesis presents the problems, recommends some possible solutions and mentions the projects developed or being developed that are trying<br>Doutorado<br>Doutor em Ecologia
Books on the topic "Mammal carnivorous"
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Carnivores: Meat-eating mammals. Britannica Educational Pub. In association with Rosen Educational Services, 2011.
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Daniel, Otte, ed. The behavior guide to African mammals: Including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates. 2nd ed. University of California Press, 2012.
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Richard, Estes. The behavior guide to African mammals: Including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates. University of California Press, 1991.
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Gustafson, Eric Paul. Carnivorous mammals of the late Eocene and early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. University of Texas at Austin, 1986.
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The safari companion: A guide to watching African mammals : including hoofed mammals, carnivores, and primates. Chelsea Green, 1993.
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The safari companion: A guide to watching African mammals, including hoofed mammals, carnivores, and primates. Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 1999.
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Gardezi, Tariq Farid. A comparative study of species diversity in relation to body size in carnivores (Mammalia: carnivora). Laurentian University, Department of Biology, 1997.
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Osteology of Arctodictis sinclairi (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta) and phylogeny of Cenozoic metatherian carnivores from South America. Ministerio de Educación, Secretaría para la Tecnología, la Ciencia y la Innovación Productiva, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de la Ciencias Naturales, 2009.
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Jones, Menna, Chris Dickman, and Mike Archer. Predators with Pouches. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643069862.
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Predators with Pouches provides a unique synthesis of current knowledge of the world’s carnivorous marsupials—from Patagonia to New Guinea and North America to Tasmania. Written by 63 experts in each field, the book covers a comprehensive range of disciplines including evolution and systematics, reproductive biology, physiology, ecology, behaviour and conservation.
 Predators with Pouches reveals the relationships between the American didelphids and the Australian dasyurids, and explores the role of the marsupial fauna in the mammal community. It introduces the geologically oldest marsupials, from the Americas, and examines the fall from former diversity of the larger marsupial carnivores and their convergent evolution with placental forms.
 The book covers all aspects of carnivorous marsupials, including interesting features of life history, their unique reproduction, the physiological basis for early senescence in semelparous dasyurids, sex ratio variation and juvenile dispersal. It looks at gradients in nutrition—from omnivory to insectivory to carnivory—as well as distributional ecology, social structure and conservation dilemmas.
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A, Long Robert, ed. Noninvasive survey methods for carnivores. Island Press, 2008.
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Mehlhorn, Heinz. "Trichuridae of Carnivores and Small Mammals." In Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_5073-1.
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Mehlhorn, Heinz. "Trichuridae of Carnivores and Small Mammals." In Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_5073.
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Zielinski, William J. "Weasels and Martens — Carnivores in Northern Latitudes." In Activity Patterns in Small Mammals. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18264-8_7.
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Palomares, Francisco, and Miguel Delibes. "Mongooses, Civets and Genets — Carnivores in Southern Latitudes." In Activity Patterns in Small Mammals. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18264-8_8.
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García-Merchán, Víctor Hugo, Catalina Arenas Calle, Chrystian Camilo Sosa-Arango, Paola Castaño-Castro, and Katherine Chacón-Vargas. "Conservation Genetics in the Neotropical Carnivorous Mammals: A Systematic Review." In Molecular Ecology and Conservation Genetics of Neotropical Mammals. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65606-5_12.
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Boitani, Luigi, and John D. C. Linnell. "Bringing Large Mammals Back: Large Carnivores in Europe." In Rewilding European Landscapes. Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12039-3_4.
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Kemp, T. S. "5. Carnivorous mammals." In Mammals: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198766940.003.0005.
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‘Carnivorous mammals’ considers the various carnivorous mammals that have evolved from the common ancestor of all modern mammals—the small, nocturnal, insectivorous mammal. Several mammals still follow this mode of life today: the placental shrews, moles, and hedgehogs; the tenrecs of Madagascar; and many of the opossums of South America and Australia. These have sharp, pointed incisors and canines for capturing prey, followed by sharp-crested premolar and molar teeth. The evolution of a small, insectivorous ancestor into larger bodied, predaceous mammals required relatively few anatomical changes, the main adaptations being for capture of its prey—by stealth hunting by solitary animals or pack hunting by organized social groups.
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Ullrey, Duane E. "Mammals: Carnivores." In Encyclopedia of Animal Science, Second Edition. CRC Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1081/e-eas2-120045990.
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Ullrey, Duane E. "Mammals: Carnivores." In Encyclopedia of Animal Science. CRC Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781482276664-174.
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"Terrestrial carnivores." In Britain's Mammals. Princeton University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400866038-014.
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Fraser, Danielle, Andrew G. Simpson, and Laura C. Soul. "UNBOUNDED DIVERSITY DYNAMICS IN CENOZOIC CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS." In GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018. Geological Society of America, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018am-320944.
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