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Research overview: waste management as a lever on urban carnivore populations
OverviewBecause garbage and organic waste feed both carnivores directly and the rodent and dog populations they prey upon, waste management is a powerful indirect lever on urban carnivore abundance and confli…
Research overview: wildlife crossings and connectivity planning for felids
OverviewWildlife crossings, from large vegetated overpasses to underpasses and culverts, are a primary engineering response to the roads that fragment felid populations near cities. This overview synthesises…
The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality
PaperThis landmark global meta-analysis showed that mammals across the world, including many carnivores, increase their nocturnal activity in response to human disturbance, becoming more active at night ev…
Gaynor KM, Hojnowski CE, Carter NH, Brashares JS · Science · 2018
Urban Carnivores: ecology, conflict and conservation
ReviewThis edited volume assembled the foundational synthesis of urban carnivore biology, bringing together chapters on species from coyotes and foxes to felids, and on cross-cutting themes of disease, conf…
Gehrt SD, Riley SPD, Cypher BL · Johns Hopkins University Press · 2010