Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores: Global status and threats

C Marneweck, AR Butler, LC Gigliotti, SN Harris… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small mammalian carnivores (Carnivora< 16 kg) carry out important roles in ecosystems,
such as influencing ecosystem structure and providing numerous ecosystem services …

Extensive Phylogenomic Discordance and the Complex Evolutionary History of the Neotropical Cat Genus Leopardus

J Lescroart, A Bonilla-Sánchez… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Even in the genomics era, the phylogeny of Neotropical small felids comprised in the genus
Leopardus remains contentious. We used whole-genome resequencing data to construct a …

The world's small carnivores: Definitions, richness, distribution, conservation status, ecological roles, and research efforts

E Do Linh San, JJ Sato, JL Belant… - Small carnivores …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small carnivores–here defined as members of the mammalian order Carnivora with a body
mass< 21.5 kg–occur worldwide, including in Oceania, following introductions. They are …

Where is dinner? The spatiality of the trophic niche of terrestrial mammalian carnivores in Chile, a systematization for their conservation

P Vallejos-Garrido, F Zamora-Cornejo, R Rivera… - Revista Chilena de …, 2024 - Springer
Knowing what the highest-level mammalian carnivores and intermediate levels eat
throughout the geography and how human activities may affect their community dynamics is …

Mixed-breed guarding dogs reduce conflict between goat herders and native carnivores in Patagonia

A González, A Novaro, M Funes, O Pailacura… - Human-Wildlife …, 2012 - JSTOR
Goat husbandry is the main rural livelihood in the northern Patagonian steppe of Argentina,
and herders kill any carnivore that they believe threatens their herds, including the …

Living at the top of the forest line: medium and large mammals in a high-mountain ecotone in Peruvian Central Andes

M Melo-Dias, JFA Huatuco… - Biota …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Among the ecoregions that comprise the high-Andean zone of the Tropical Andes, the Puna
and the Yungas stand out for covering a large part of the Peruvian Eastern Andes. Located …

[HTML][HTML] Manejo del conflicto entre carnívoros y ganadería en Patagonia utilizando perros mestizos protectores de ganado

AJ Novaro, A González, O Pailacura… - Mastozoología …, 2017 - SciELO Argentina
El conflicto entre carnívoros nativos y ganado en Argentina es manejado principalmente
matando carnívoros, una estrategia ineficiente para proteger ganado y con consecuencias …

Genetic diversity and population structure for ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in Costa Rica

R Salom-Pérez, C Wultsch, JR Adams… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) are a wide-ranging felid species, occurring from southern
United States to northern Argentina. They occupy various habitats and are usually …

Snow leopard phylogeography and population structure supports two global populations with single refugial origin

IA Cancellare, B Weckworth, A Caragiulo… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) inhabit the mountainous regions of High Asia, which
experienced serial glacial contraction and expansion during climatic cycles of the …

Shifts in habitat suitability and the conservation status of the Endangered Andean cat Leopardus jacobita under climate change scenarios

M Bennett, PA Marquet, C Sillero-Zubiri, J Marino - Oryx, 2019 - cambridge.org
Organisms adapted to life at high elevations are particularly threatened by climate change,
which can cause them to become isolated on mountain tops, yet their responses may vary …