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4 summaries matching “dog” in Conservation Science
A Canine Distemper Virus Epidemic in Serengeti Lions
PaperThis study documented a devastating outbreak of canine distemper virus that killed a large fraction of the lions in the Serengeti ecosystem, demonstrating that infectious disease can cause sudden mass…
Roelke-Parker ME, Munson L, Packer C, et al. · Nature · 1996
Research overview: cheetah-farmer conflict in Namibia
OverviewNamibia holds one of the world's largest cheetah populations, the majority living on commercial and communal farmland where conflict with livestock and game farmers is a primary threat. This overview…
Research overview: disease risk to the Amur leopard
OverviewFor a population as small as the Amur leopard's, infectious disease poses a potentially catastrophic risk, as a single outbreak could affect a large fraction of all wild individuals. This overview sur…
Research overview: livestock guarding dogs as a conflict tool
OverviewLivestock guarding dogs, such as Anatolian shepherds placed with herds, are a widely promoted nonlethal tool for reducing predation and the retaliatory killing of cats like cheetahs and leopards. This…
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