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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… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Detection and avoidance of a carnivore odor by prey
Predator–prey relationships provide a classic paradigm for the study of innate animal behavior. Odors from carnivores elicit… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
CANINE DISTEMPER IN TERRESTRIAL CARNIVORES: A REVIEW
Abstract Canine distemper virus is a member of the genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Canine distemper has been… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mammalian mitogenomic relationships and the root of the eutherian tree
The strict orthology of mitochondrial (mt) coding sequences has promoted their use in phylogenetic analyses at different levels… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Competition refuges and coexistence : an example from Serengeti carnivores
1.  In the last two decades predator–prey models have shown that ‘refuges’, in which prey can seek respite from predation, are… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Large predators in the Alps: The fall and rise of man's competitors
Review
1998
Review
1998
Trace element trophic transfer in aquatic organisms: a critique of the kinetic model approach.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Assessing Avian Diets Using Stable Isotopes II: Factors Influencing Diet-Tissue Fractionation
Studies using stable-isotope analysis to infer diet require a knowledge of how stable-isotope ratios in consumer tissues are… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates
SummaryVariation in body size (weight) is examined across the order Carnivora in relation to taxonomy (phylogeny), latitude… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Nutrition of the domestic cat, a mammalian carnivore.
From the foregoing discussion of the nutritional requirements and some of the metabolic anomalies of the cat, it is clear that… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Frequency analysis of olfactory system EEG in cat, rabbit, and rat.
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