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Carnivore
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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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Review
2014
Review
2014
Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores
W. Ripple
,
J. Estes
,
+11 authors
A. Wirsing
Science
2014
Corpus ID: 206550298
Background The largest terrestrial species in the order Carnivora are wide-ranging and rare because of their positions at the top…
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes
G. Chapron
,
P. Kaczensky
,
+73 authors
L. Boitani
Science
2014
Corpus ID: 206560086
The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a data set on the past and…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Tigers and their prey: Predicting carnivore densities from prey abundance.
K. U. Karanth
,
J. Nichols
,
N. S. Kumar
,
W. Link
,
J. Hines
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2004
Corpus ID: 3004393
The goal of ecology is to understand interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. In principle…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Biological, Epidemiological, and Clinical Aspects of Echinococcosis, a Zoonosis of Increasing Concern
J. Eckert
,
P. Deplazes
Clinical Microbiology Reviews
2004
Corpus ID: 24720617
SUMMARY Echinococcosis in humans is a zoonotic infection caused by larval stages (metacestodes) of cestode species of the genus…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Human Population Density and Extinction Risk in the World's Carnivores
M. Cardillo
,
A. Purvis
,
W. Sechrest
,
J. L. Gittleman
,
J. Bielby
,
G. Mace
PLoS Biology
2004
Corpus ID: 3130185
Understanding why some species are at high risk of extinction, while others remain relatively safe, is central to the development…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Fatty acid trophic markers in the pelagic marine environment.
J. Dalsgaard
,
Michael A. St. John
,
G. Kattner
,
D. Müller-Navarra
,
W. Hagen
Advances in Marine Biology
2003
Corpus ID: 25788844
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A Common Rule for the Scaling of Carnivore Density
C. Carbone
,
J. L. Gittleman
Science
2002
Corpus ID: 31849301
Population density in plants and animals is thought to scale with size as a result of mass-related energy requirements. Variation…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Trophic Cascades in Terrestrial Systems: A Review of the Effects of Carnivore Removals on Plants
O. Schmitz
,
P. Hambäck
,
A. Beckerman
American Naturalist
2000
Corpus ID: 4444789
We present a quantitative synthesis of trophic cascades in terrestrial systems using data from 41 studies, reporting 60…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Interspecific Killing among Mammalian Carnivores
F. Palomares
,
T. Caro
American Naturalist
1999
Corpus ID: 4343007
Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores is common in nature and accounts for up to 68% of known mortalities in some…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Energetic constraints on the diet of terrestrial carnivores
C. Carbone
,
G. Mace
,
Susan C. Roberts
,
D. Macdonald
Nature
1999
Corpus ID: 4376494
Species in the mammalian order Carnivora exhibit a huge diversity of life histories with body sizes spanning more than three…
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