Scavenging patterns of an inbred wolf population in a landscape with a pulse of human‐provided carrion

C Wikenros, C Di Bernardi, B Zimmermann… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Scavenging is an important part of food acquisition for many carnivore species that switch
between scavenging and predation. In landscapes with anthropogenic impact, humans …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of scent marking by African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, at shared marking sites

MJ Claase, MI Cherry, DD Hofmann, PJ Apps… - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•African wild dog interpack communication occurs at sites shared by multiple
packs.•Individual marking patterns differ by sex, status and social context.•Patterns suggest …

Differential provisioning roles, prey size, and prey abundance shape the dynamic feeding behavior of gray wolves

TD Gable, SM Johnson-Bice, AT Homkes… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The demands of raising dependent young can influence the feeding behaviors of social
carnivores, especially for individuals that are primarily responsible for provisioning young …

Carcass provisioning and intra-guild risk avoidance between two sympatric large carnivores

K Nordli, Z Walton, A Eriksen, M Rogstad… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2024 - Springer
Apex carnivores that rely primarily on predation play a central but complex role within
scavenging ecology by potentially suppressing intra-guild competitors, but also facilitating …

Minimum average pack size in Iberian wolves

L Llaneza, V Sazatornil, EJ García, V Palacios… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
We present information on the minimum average number of wolves per pack in late summer
derived from fieldwork activities during the last three decades in north-western Spain, and …

Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups

JF Benson, DA Keiter, PJ Mahoney, BL Allen, L Allen… - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Animals within social groups respond to costs and benefits of sociality by adjusting the
proportion of time they spend in close proximity to other individuals in the group (cohesion) …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced human disturbance increases diurnal activity in wolves, but not Eurasian lynx

AF Smith, K Kasper, L Lazzeri, M Schulte… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wildlife in the Anthropocene is increasingly spatially and temporally constrained by lethal
and non-lethal human disturbance. For large carnivores with extensive space requirements …

Seasonal activity patterns and home range sizes of wolves in the human‐dominated landscape of northeast Türkiye

JD Blount, AM Green, M Chynoweth… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Gray wolves Canis lupus comprise one of the most widely distributed carnivore species on
the planet, but they face myriad environmental and anthropogenic pressures. Previous …

Carnivore guild utilization of hunter‐provided food sources in boreal forest

C Wikenros, K Nordli, G Amato, J Persson… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Scavenging is an alternative foraging strategy to predation for many carnivore species, as
they shift between predation and scavenging in response to changes in resource …

Will future wind power development in Scandinavia have an impact on wolves?

C Miltz, A Eriksen, C Wikenros, P Wabakken… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The global energy demand is growing, and the world is shifting towards using more
renewable energy, like increased onshore wind power development. We used Global …