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Interface between domestic and wild carnivores in an environmental protection area in the brazilian Amazon: indicators and aplications for conservation
(FUNDACAO BOTICARIO PROTECAO NATUREZA, 2008)
The presence of domestic animals in protected areas has been a growing world concern, including in the Brazilian Amazon. Introduced domestic carnivores can put the conservation of carnivores and other wild mammals at risk ...
Perceptions of Human-Carnivore Conflicts in the High Andes of Argentina
(International Mountain Society, 2008-02)
The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobitus), one of the world's most threatened felids, forms part of the little-known carnivore guild occurring in the dry areas of the High Andes. Although human-carnivore conflicts are among the ...
Carnivore mammals in a fragmented landscape in northeast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
(SPRINGER, 2008)
Sao Paulo is the most developed state in Brazil and little of its native vegetation remains. In Luiz Antonio and Santa Rita do Passa Quatro municipalities, only small fragments of cerrado (Brazilian savanna) physiognomies ...
Exposure of free-ranging wild carnivores, horses and domestic dogs to Leptospira spp in the northern Pantanal, Brazil
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, 2011)
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease affecting most mammals and is distributed throughout the world. Several species of domestic and wild animals may act as reservoirs for this disease. The purpose of this study was to ...
NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics
(Ecological Society of America, 2020)
Abstract.Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecologicalhealth and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carni-vores also hold high conservation value and ...
Detection of Rabies Virus Antibodies in Brazilian Free-Ranging Wild Carnivores
(WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSOC, INC, 2010)
Rabies virus is a pathogen of major concern in free-ranging wild carnivores in several regions of the world, but little is known about its circulation in Brazilian wild carnivores. Sera from 211 free-ranging wild carnivores, ...
Assessing species traits and landscape relationships of the mammalian carnivore community in a neotropical biological corridor
(Biodiversity and Conservation, 2016-04-06)
Mammalian carnivores play an important role in regulating food webs and ecosystems. While many carnivore populations are facing various threats such as habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and illegal trade, others ...
Effect of plantation clearcutting on carnivore presence in industrial forest landscapes in south-central Chile
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018)
© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2018. Information on how wildlife is affected by pine plantation clearcutting is relevant for designing management strategies to promote biodiversity conservation in productive ...
Drivers of flea (siphonaptera) community structure in sympatric wild carnivores in northwestern Mexico
(Soc. Vector Ecology, 2018-06)
Host identity, habitat type, season, and interspecific interactions were investigated as determinants of the community structure of fleas on wild carnivores in northwestern Mexico. A total of 540 fleas belonging to seven ...
Management tools to reduce carnivore-livestock conflicts: current gap and future challenges
(Elsevier, 2018-05)
Predation on domestic animals by carnivores is a persistent problem wherever carnivores and livestock co-occur A wide range of management tools to reduce predation has been invoked However, the evidence of their effectiveness ...