Sentences with phrase «small carnivores»

In one study, 75 % of feral kittens died or disappeared before six months of age - a survival rate similar to other small carnivores [20].

Such small carnivore species generally tend to be either solitary, often aposematically colored and armed with noxious anal sprays, or social and highly vigilant.

A novel research approach by Oregon State University has resulted in a key step toward better protecting the fisher, an important forest predator that findings show is the dominant small carnivore when present.

Dr. J. W. Duckworth, the IUCN SSC Red List Authority for small carnivores, adds, «The conservation status of the carnivores which occur nowhere but Borneo and those of upper highland, extreme lowland and wetland habitats is particularly worrying.

Now, an international research team under the leadership of the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.

In summary, fishers were the dominant small carnivore where present, and they negatively affected foxes directly and ringtails indirectly.»

That's good news when it comes to feeding your favorite small carnivore a healthy diet.

This is similar to that of other small carnivores but higher than the 26 % mortality reported in pet kittens.

Because skeletons of such small carnivores were extremely rare, he immediately recognized its importance and began describing it in a scientific paper.

«The goal of the BCS was to understand better the distribution and conservation needs of Bornean cats and small carnivores and subsequently, to enable targeted conservation efforts to those carnivores which are most threatened,» said Dr. Andreas Wilting, scientist at the IZW and lead editor of this supplement.

In response to these threats and the paucity of knowledge about Bornean carnivores, three IUCN SSC specialist groups (the Cat Specialist Group, the Otter Specialist Group and the Small Carnivore Specialist Group), in collaboration with the Sabah Wildlife Department and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, organised the Borneo Carnivore Symposium (BCS) in 2011.

«Roadmap for better protection of Borneo's cats and small carnivores.»

The results are 15 small carnivore and 5 wild cat papers which discuss the distribution, conservation and research priorities for each of the 20 Bornean small carnivores and cats.

Unlike jackals and other small carnivores, social factors may help big predators keep their groups to a sustainable size.

It is possible that these small carnivores were raiding the nest.

Say hello to my extinct little friend: Ichibengops («scarface») was a small carnivore that roamed the lowlands of today's Zambia about 255 million years ago.

The peat deposits include fossilized plants indicative of a boreal - type wetland forest, and have yielded other fossils, including fish, beaver, small carnivores, deerlets, and a three - toed horse.

Werdelin decided to investigate to discover when the decline began and what types of species went extinct by analyzing the jaws, teeth, snouts, and other anatomy of large and small carnivores.

In one study, 75 % of rural kittens died or disappeared before 6 months of age, a survival rate similar to other small carnivores (Nutter 2004).