Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

External reference: https://openalex.org/T11913

  1. Red fox harvest levels may prevent growth but not decline
    Integrated population modeling of red foxes shows harvest alone cannot suppress populations when compensatory immigration buffers mortality, with implications for mesopredator management.
  2. Long-nosed potoroo faces different conservation statuses across landscapes
    Long-nosed potoroo conservation varies by landscape in Victoria, facing threats from invasive predators, fire, and climate change. Strategic management combining habitat protection and predator.
  3. Historical records suggest a broader tara iti range
    Archival database documents the broader historical range of New Zealand's rarest endemic bird, tara iti, revealing substantial range contraction since European settlement.
  4. Density stress altered vole gut microbes and metabolites
    Population density stress alters fecal microbiota and metabolites in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau root voles, reducing beneficial bacteria and essential amino acids while elevating stress biomarkers and.
  5. Woodland dormice favored denser, better-connected riverine vegetation
    Microhabitat selection and vegetation structure utilization by Graphiurus murinus in a riverine Combretum forest, assessed through capture-mark-recapture and statistical modeling.
  6. Panthers relied heavily on domestic livestock in winter and summer
    Scatological analysis of Indian leopard diet in Aravalli Hills reveals seasonal hunting patterns and increased domestic livestock predation, indicating prey-base depletion in fragmented landscapes.
  7. Forest degradation reduces scavenger diversity but not carrion removal
    Forest degradation alters vertebrate scavenger assemblages in neotropical dry forests, replacing specialized species with generalists like the Sechuran fox, reducing biodiversity while maintaining.
  8. Rüppell’s vultures show different movement patterns in southern Spain
    Study tracking critically endangered Rüppell's Vultures establishing in Spain, examining movement patterns, hybridization with Griffon Vultures, and transboundary ecology during breeding season.
  9. Cats for rodent control on dairy farms are not yet supported
    Position paper examining insufficient empirical evidence for deploying desexed cats to control rodents on Australian dairy farms, outlining required monitoring and modeling studies.