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A radio-tracking system for wild animals
PaperCochran and Lord described one of the first practical VHF radio-tracking systems built for free-ranging wildlife, pairing miniaturized transmitters with directional receiving antennas to fix animal po…
William W. Cochran, Rexford D. Lord Jr. · The Journal of Wildlife Management · 1963
Research overview: cost-effectiveness of wildlife crossing infrastructure
OverviewWildlife crossings and fencing are expensive, and this overview examines how their costs are weighed against benefits in road-mitigation planning. Benefits include reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions,…
Research overview: the eight lineages of living cats
OverviewMolecular phylogenetics partitions all living cats into eight monophyletic lineages, a framework that now organizes felid taxonomy. This overview names and characterizes them: the Panthera lineage (bi…
The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
PaperThis influential study reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of all living cat species and dated their diversification, establishing the framework of eight major felid lineages used ever since. Using…
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al. · Science · 2006