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Research overview: dietary breadth and small-prey reliance in leopards
OverviewLeopards have perhaps the broadest diet of any large cat, recorded eating a vast array of species from large antelope to rodents, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates. This overview synthesizes scat and…
Research overview: epidemics and lion population regulation
OverviewInfectious disease can cause sudden, severe declines in lion populations, as shown by canine distemper outbreaks. This overview reviews how a 1990s distemper epidemic killed a large fraction of Sereng…
Research overview: leopards in human-dominated and urban landscapes
OverviewLeopards are remarkable among big cats for persisting in close proximity to dense human populations, including the edges of major cities. This overview synthesizes research, notably from India, on how…
Research overview: tigers, leopards, and dholes in the predator guild
OverviewIn many Asian forests tigers share the landscape with leopards and packs of dholes, the Asiatic wild dog, forming a guild that partitions prey and space. This overview synthesizes research on how thes…