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Diet, morphology, and intraguild predation in Carnivora
PaperDonadio and Buskirk tested what predicts the intensity of interactions among carnivores, including both killing and avoidance. Analyzing a broad dataset, they found that intraguild predation and aggre…
Donadio, E. & Buskirk, S.W. · The American Naturalist · 2006
Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores
ReviewPalomares and Caro compiled and analyzed the global record of carnivores killing other carnivores, establishing intraguild predation as a widespread structuring force. They showed that interspecific k…
Palomares, F. & Caro, T.M. · The American Naturalist · 1999
Research overview: ambush versus pursuit hunting modes in felids
OverviewA survey of the two principal felid hunting strategies, stalk-and-ambush used by most cats and the high-speed pursuit of the cheetah, and their ecological consequences. Ambush predators rely on cover…
Research overview: intraguild predation between felids and canids
OverviewA survey of the lethal interactions between cats and dogs that share prey and space, a major structuring force in carnivore communities. Lions and hyenas kill wild dogs and cheetahs; pumas and coyotes…