Big city life: carnivores in urban environments

PW Bateman, PA Fleming - Journal of zoology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cities may represent one of the most challenging environments for carnivorous mammals.
For example, cities have a dearth of vegetation and other natural resources, coupled with …

Echinococcosis: control and prevention

PS Craig, D Hegglin, MW Lightowlers… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) has been eliminated or significantly reduced as a public
health problem in several previously highly endemic regions. This has been achieved by the …

Changes in home range sizes and population densities of carnivore species along the natural to urban habitat gradient

M Šálek, L Drahníková, E Tkadlec - Mammal Review, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid development and the spread of urbanized land, there is an increasing need to
understand species' responses to urban conditions. Carnivores are considered to be …

Do simple models lead to generality in ecology?

MR Evans, V Grimm, K Johst, T Knuuttila… - Trends in ecology & …, 2013 - cell.com
Modellers of biological, ecological, and environmental systems cannot take for granted the
maxim 'simple means general means good'. We argue here that viewing simple models as …

[图书][B] Canids: foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs: status survey and conservation action plan

C Sillero-Zubiri, M Hoffmann, DW Macdonald - 2004 - researchgate.net
Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs Page 1 Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and
Dogs Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan Status Survey and Conservation Action …

Wilderness in the city: the urbanization of Echinococcus multilocularis

P Deplazes, D Hegglin, S Gloor, T Romig - Trends in parasitology, 2004 - cell.com
A distinct increase in fox populations, particularly in urban areas, has been observed in
Europe. This is of particular concern in endemic regions of the small fox tapeworm …

The diet of urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and the availability of anthropogenic food in the city of Zurich, Switzerland

P Contesse, D Hegglin, S Gloor, F Bontadina… - Mammalian …, 2004 - Elsevier
The diet of urban foxes and the availability of anthropogenic food were studied in the city of
Zurich, Switzerland. A stomach analysis of 402 foxes, which were shot or found dead …

Urban mammals: what does the future hold? An analysis of the factors affecting patterns of use of residential gardens in Great Britain

PJ Baker, S Harris - Mammal review, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT 1 Urban areas are predicted to grow significantly in the foreseeable future
because of increasing human population growth. Predicting the impact of urban …

Does the resource dispersion hypothesis explain group living?

DDP Johnson, R Kays, PG Blackwell… - Trends in ecology & …, 2002 - cell.com
The resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH) asserts that, if resources are heterogeneous in
space or time, group living might be less costly than was previously thought, regardless of …

Red fox genome assembly identifies genomic regions associated with tame and aggressive behaviours

AV Kukekova, JL Johnson, X Xiang, S Feng… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Strains of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with markedly different behavioural phenotypes have been
developed in the famous long-term selective breeding programme known as the Russian …