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Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo by Mosser, Anna, Packer, Craig

“…We analysed 38 years of data on 46 lion prides in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, and found that territorial competition directly affected critical…”
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Environmental and individual drivers of animal movement patterns across a wide geographical gradient by Avgar, Tal, Mosser, Anna, Brown, Glen S, Fryxell, John M, Mysterud, Atle

“…Within the rapidly developing field of movement ecology, much attention has been given to studying the movement of individuals within a subset of their…”
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Landscape heterogeneity and behavioral traits drive the evolution of lion group territoriality by Mosser, Anna A., Kosmala, Margaret, Packer, Craig

“…Lay Summary All feline species are territorial, but only African lions defend joint territories. We developed a simulation model to explore the conditions that…”
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Optimal group size, dispersal decisions and postdispersal relationships in female African lions by VanderWaal, Kimberly L., Mosser, Anna, Packer, Craig

“…We used 40 years of long-term data to test whether dispersal decisions of female African lions, Panthera leo, are sensitive to variations in pride size,…”
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Towards an energetic landscape: broad‐scale accelerometry in woodland caribou by Mosser, Anna A, Avgar, Tal, Brown, Glen S, Walker, C. Spencer, Fryxell, John M, Humphries, Murray

“…Energetic balance is a central driver of individual survival and population change, yet estimating energetic costs in free‐ and wide‐ranging animals presents a…”
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Impact of simian immunodeficiency virus infection on chimpanzee population dynamics by Rudicell, Rebecca S, Holland Jones, James, Wroblewski, Emily E, Learn, Gerald H, Li, Yingying, Robertson, Joel D, Greengrass, Elizabeth, Grossmann, Falk, Kamenya, Shadrack, Pintea, Lilian, Mjungu, Deus C, Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V, Mosser, Anna, Lehman, Clarence, Collins, D Anthony, Keele, Brandon F, Goodall, Jane, Hahn, Beatrice H, Pusey, Anne E, Wilson, Michael L

“…Like human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), simian immunodeficiency virus of chimpanzees (SIVcpz) can cause CD4+ T cell loss and premature death. Here,…”
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Landscape‐level wolf space use is correlated with prey abundance, ease of mobility, and the distribution of prey habitat by Kittle, Andrew M., Anderson, Morgan, Avgar, Tal, Baker, James A., Brown, Glen S., Hagens, Jevon, Iwachewski, Ed, Moffatt, Scott, Mosser, Anna, Patterson, Brent R., Reid, Douglas E. B., Rodgers, Arthur R., Shuter, Jen, Street, Garrett M., Thompson, Ian D., Vander Vennen, Lucas M., Fryxell, John M.

“…Predator space use influences ecosystem dynamics, and a fundamental goal assumed for a foraging predator is to maximize encounter rate with prey. This can be…”
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The impact of burning on lion Panthera leo habitat choice in an African savanna by Eby, Stephanie, Mosser, Anna, Swanson, Ali, Packer, Craig, Ritchie, Mark

“…Camivores play a central role in ecosystem processes by exerting top-down control, while fire exerts bottom-up con- trol in ecosystems throughout the world,…”
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Asynchronous food-web pathways could buffer the response of Serengeti predators to El Niño Southern Oscillation by Sinclair, A. R. E, Metzger, Kristine L, Fryxell, John M, Packer, Craig, Byrom, Andrea E, Craft, Meggan E, Hampson, Katie, Lembo, Tiziana, Durant, Sarah M, Forrester, Guy J, Bukombe, John, Mchetto, John, Dempewolf, Jan, Hilborn, Ray, Cleaveland, Sarah, Nkwabi, Ally, Mosser, Anna, Mduma, Simon A. R

“…Understanding how entire ecosystems maintain stability in the face of climatic and human disturbance is one of the most fundamental challenges in ecology…”
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Persistence and local extinction of lion prides in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania by Kissui, Bernard M, Mosser, Anna, Packer, Craig

“…African lions (Panthera leo) live in social groups (prides) that exhibit group territorial behavior. Pride persistence is expected to depend on its ability to…”
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Serengeti real estate: density vs. fitness-based indicators of lion habitat quality by Mosser, Anna, Fryxell, John M, Eberly, Lynn, Packer, Craig

“…Habitat quality is typically inferred by assuming a direct relationship between consumer density and resource abundance, although it has been suggested that…”
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Anthropogenic Disturbance and Population Viability of Woodland Caribou in Ontario by FRYXELL, JOHN M., AVGAR, TAL, LIU, BOYAN, BAKER, JAMES A., RODGERS, ARTHUR R., SHUTER, JENNIFER, THOMPSON, IAN D., REID, DOUGLAS E. B., KITTLE, ANDREW M., MOSSER, ANNA, NEWMASTER, STEVEN G., NUDDS, TOM D., STREET, GARRETT M., BROWN, GLEN S., PATTERSON, BRENT

“…One of the most challenging tasks in wildlife conservation and management is to clarify how spatial variation in land cover due to anthropogenic disturbance…”
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Increased mortality and AIDS-like immunopathology in wild chimpanzees infected with SIVcpz by Rudicell, Rebecca S, Terio, Karen A, Li, Yingying, Mlengeya, Titus, Kinsel, Michael J, Jones, James Holland, Wroblewski, Emily, Learn, Gerald H, Raphael, Jane, Sharp, Paul M, Hahn, Beatrice H, Schumacher-Stankey, Joann, Kamenya, Shadrack, Estes, Jacob D, Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V, Silvestri, Guido, Keele, Brandon F, Wilson, Michael L, Travis, Dominic A, Shaw, George M, Pusey, Anne E, Goodall, Jane, Beasley, T. Mark, Mosser, Anna, Else, James G

“…African primates are naturally infected with over 40 different simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs), two of which have crossed the species barrier and…”
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Space-use behaviour of woodland caribou based on a cognitive movement model by Avgar, Tal, Baker, James A., Brown, Glen S., Hagens, Jevon S., Kittle, Andrew M., Mallon, Erin E., McGreer, Madeleine T., Mosser, Anna, Newmaster, Steven G., Patterson, Brent R., Reid, Douglas E. B., Rodgers, Art R., Shuter, Jennifer, Street, Garrett M., Thompson, Ian, Turetsky, Merritt J., Wiebe, Philip A., Fryxell, John M.

“…1. Movement patterns offer a rich source of information on animal behaviour and the ecological significance of landscape attributes. This is especially useful…”
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Group formation stabilizes predator-prey dynamics by Fryxell, John M, Mosser, Anna, Sinclair, Anthony R. E, Packer, Craig

“…Theoretical ecology is largely founded on the principle of mass action, in which uncoordinated populations of predators and prey move in a random and…”
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Wolves adapt territory size, not pack size to local habitat quality by Kittle, Andrew M, Anderson, Morgan, Avgar, Tal, Baker, James A, Brown, Glen S, Hagens, Jevon, Iwachewski, Ed, Moffatt, Scott, Mosser, Anna, Patterson, Brent R, Reid, Douglas E.B, Rodgers, Arthur R, Shuter, Jen, Street, Garrett M, Thompson, Ian D, Vander Vennen, Lucas M, Fryxell, John M, Lele, Subhash

“…Although local variation in territorial predator density is often correlated with habitat quality, the causal mechanism underlying this frequently observed…”
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Ecological Change, Group Territoriality, and Population Dynamics in Serengeti Lions by Packer, Craig, Hilborn, Ray, Mosser, Anna, Kissui, Bernard, Borner, Markus, Hopcraft, Grant, Wilmshurst, John, Mduma, Simon, Sinclair, Anthony R. E

“…Territorial behavior is expected to buffer populations against short-term environmental perturbations, but we have found that group living in African lions…”
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Can parks protect migratory ungulates? The case of the Serengeti wildebeest by Thirgood, Simon, Mosser, Anna, Tham, Sebastian, Hopcraft, Grant, Mwangomo, Ephraim, Mlengeya, Titus, Kilewo, Morris, Fryxell, John, Sinclair, A. R. E., Borner, Markus

“…The conservation of migratory species can be problematic because of their requirements for large protected areas. We investigated this issue by examining the…”
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Selection for forage and avoidance of risk by woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) at coarse and local scales by McGreer, Madeleine T, Mallon, Erin E, Vander Vennen, Lucas M, Wiebe, Philip A, Baker, James A, Brown, Glen S, Avgar, Tal, Hagens, Jevon, Kittle, Andrew M, Mosser, Anna, Street, Garrett M, Reid, Doug E. B, Rodgers, Arthur R, Shuter, Jennifer, Thompson, Ian D, Turetsky, Merritt J, Newmaster, Steven G, Patterson, Brent R, Fryxell, John M

“…The relationship between selection at coarse and fine spatiotemporal spatial scales is still poorly understood. Some authors claim that, to accommodate…”
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Asynchronous food‐web pathways could buffer the response of Serengeti predators to El Niño Southern Oscillation by Sinclair, A. R. E, Kristine L. Metzger, John M. Fryxell, Craig Packer, Andrea E. Byrom, Meggan E. Craft, Katie Hampson, Tiziana Lembo, Sarah M. Durant, Guy J. Forrester, John Bukombe, John Mchetto, Jan Dempewolf, Ray Hilborn, Sarah Cleaveland, Ally Nkwabi, Anna Mosser, Simon A. R. Mduma

“…Understanding how entire ecosystems maintain stability in the face of climatic and human disturbance is one of the most fundamental challenges in ecology…”
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