Research trends and geographical distribution of mammalian carnivores in Portugal (SW Europe)

J Bencatel, CC Ferreira, AM Barbosa, LM Rosalino… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Information regarding species' status at a regional scale is instrumental for effective
conservation planning. Some regions of southwestern Europe, such as Portugal, albeit …

What does the wolf eat? Assessing the diet of the endangered Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) in northeast Portugal

AM Figueiredo, AM Valente, T Barros, J Carvalho… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is a top predator that inhabits the Iberian Peninsula.
In Portugal, its numbers and distribution declined throughout the 20th century, due to human …

Age, sex and storage time influence hair cortisol levels in a wild mammal population

A Azevedo, L Bailey, V Bandeira, M Dehnhard… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The measurement of hair cortisol is increasingly used to understand the effect of natural and
anthropogenic stressors on wild animals, but it is potentially confounded by individual …

[HTML][HTML] The animal remains from Calle Almendralejo nr. 41 (Mérida, Spain): A contribution to our understanding of animal husbandry in the capital of Roman …

C Detry, M Bustamante-Álvarez, FJH Mora - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
The study of zooarchaeological collections from Mérida is still rare, lacking above all
information on the Romans diet and animal management. Here we present the description …

Shedding light on long-term trends in Mediterranean carnivore populations: five species, one scenario, different responses

J Sereno-Cadierno, RC Soriguer, F Carro - European Journal of Wildlife …, 2023 - Springer
Long-term studies of community composition and relative abundance are key tools in wildlife
management and biodiversity conservation. However, few studies of this kind are available …

Assessing the complex relationship between landscape, gene flow, and range expansion of a Mediterranean carnivore

T Barros, J Carvalho, C Fonseca… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Landscape resistance is often disregarded in studies of range expansions and population
connectivity. To assess those effects, we simulated the expansion of the Egyptian mongoose …

A Mitochondrial Phylogeny of the Sand Cat (Felis margarita Loche, 1858)

J Howard-McCombe, L Banfield, AC Kitchener… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2020 - Springer
The sand cat, Felis margarita Loche, 1858, is a small desert cat with a fragmented
distribution across the Sahara, Arabian Peninsula, and Central Asia. It is currently listed as …

Prevalence of zoonotic parasites in an endangered Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) population in Portugal

AM Figueiredo, T Barros, AM Valente, C Fonseca… - Mammalian Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
As a top predator, the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) plays a major role shaping
interactions within food webs. Due to its conservation status in Portugal, ie endangered, it is …

Distribución del meloncillo (Herpestes ichneumon) en la provincia de Granada

CG Broco, J Vázquez, JEL López… - … informativo de la …, 2016 - dialnet.unirioja.es
El meloncillo es una especie en expansión en el centro y norte de la Península Ibérica.
Ningún trabajo, hasta la fecha, había confirmado este proceso dispersivo en su borde de …

On the origin of the Egyptian mongoose in the Iberian Peninsula: is there room for reasonable doubt?

T Barros, C Fonseca, E Ferreira - Mammalian Biology, 2021 - Springer
The Egyptian mongoose is a carnivore distributed in Africa, Middle East and Iberian
Peninsula (IP). The species has always been considered exotic in the IP, with its presence …