Carnivore

Known as: Carnivora, carnivores 
A diverse taxonomic order of placental mammals that includes bears, dogs, cats, and ferrets. Carnivora are primarily meat eaters, however bears are… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Limited evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce livestock predation by large carnivores
Successful coexistence between large carnivores and humans is conditional upon effective mitigation of the impact of these… (More)
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores
Large carnivores face serious threats and are experiencing massive declines in their populations and geographic ranges around the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes
The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a data set on the past and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
High rate of viral evolution associated with the emergence of carnivore parvovirus.
Canine parvovirus (CPV) is an emerging DNA virus that was first observed to cause disease in canines in 1978 and has since become… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Tigers and their prey: Predicting carnivore densities from prey abundance.
The goal of ecology is to understand interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. In principle… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Human Population Density and Extinction Risk in the World's Carnivores
Understanding why some species are at high risk of extinction, while others remain relatively safe, is central to the development… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A common rule for the scaling of carnivore density.
Population density in plants and animals is thought to scale with size as a result of mass-related energy requirements. Variation… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Recolonizing carnivores and naïve prey: conservation lessons from Pleistocene extinctions.
The current extinction of many of Earth's large terrestrial carnivores has left some extant prey species lacking knowledge about… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Interspecific Killing among Mammalian Carnivores.
Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores is common in nature and accounts for up to 68% of known mortalities in some… (More)
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates
Variation in body size (weight) is examined across the order Carnivora in relation to taxonomy (phylogeny), latitude, habitat… (More)
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