Search Results - "Pirie, Tara J"
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Increasing game prices may alter farmers' behaviours towards leopards ( Panthera pardus ) and other carnivores in South Africa
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (30-05-2017)“…Human-carnivore conflict occurs globally, particularly in regions where large carnivores predate livestock. Retaliatory killings do occur, and although…”
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Map-A-Mole: Greenspace Area Influences the Presence and Abundance of the European Mole Talpa europaea in Urban Habitats
Published in Animals (Basel) (25-06-2020)“…The European mole Talpa europaea is common across much of Britain. It has a unique fossorial lifestyle, and evidence of its presence is readily identified…”
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Erythristic leopards Panthera pardus in South Africa
Published in Bothalia (01-01-2016)“…Background: Leopards (Panthera pardus) show genetically determined colour variation. Erythristic (strawberry) morphs, where individuals are paler and black…”
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Aphids show interspecific and intraspecific variation in life history responses to host plant infection by the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea
Published in Entomological science (01-09-2021)“…The life histories of insect herbivores are affected by variation in host plant quality, with poor quality typically being associated with reduced herbivore…”
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Meta-Analysis Suggests Differing Indirect Effects of Viral, Bacterial, and Fungal Plant Pathogens on the Natural Enemies of Insect Herbivores
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (06-11-2020)“…Indirect effects are ubiquitous in nature, and have received much attention in terrestrial plant–insect herbivore–enemy systems. In such tritrophic systems,…”
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Urbanization and plant pathogen infection interact to affect the outcome of ecological interactions in an experimental multitrophic system
Published in Journal of urban ecology (2022)“…Abstract Urbanization can change interactions in insect communities, and the few studies of tritrophic interactions in urban settings focus on interactions…”
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Limitations to recording larger mammalian predators in savannah using camera traps and spoor
Published in Wildlife biology (01-01-2016)“…Traditionally, spoor (tracks, pug marks) have been used as a cost effective tool to assess the presence and in some cases the individual identity of larger…”
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Game Fence Presence and Permeability Influences the Local Movement and Distribution of South African Mammals
Published in African zoology (02-10-2017)“…Fences are utilised throughout the world to restrict the movements of wildlife, protecting them from threats and reducing human—wildlife conflict. In South…”
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Social interactions between a male leopard (Panthera pardus) and two generations of his offspring
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Pet cats (Felis catus) from urban boundaries use different habitats, have larger home ranges and kill more prey than cats from the suburbs
Published in Landscape and urban planning (01-04-2022)“…•Cats living next to natural areas have larger home ranges, using nearby natural habitats.•Cats living next to natural areas returned over twice as many prey…”
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Differing effects of parental and natal hosts on the preference and performance of the stored product pests Callosobruchus maculatus and C. analis
Published in Journal of stored products research (01-01-2022)“…Bean beetles (Bruchinae) are a taxon of seed predators and several species are economically significant stored product pests. Seed quality may affect adult…”
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Map-A-Mole: Greenspace Area Influences the Presence and Abundance of the European Mole Talpa europaea in Urban Habitats
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-06-2020)“…The European mole Talpa europaea is common across much of Britain. It has a unique fossorial lifestyle, and evidence of its presence is readily identified…”
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Erythristic leopards Panthera pardus in South Africa : short notes
Published in Bothalia (01-01-2016)“…Background: Leopards (Panthera pardus) show genetically determined colour variation. Erythristic (strawberry) morphs, where individuals are paler and black…”
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Erythristic leopards Panthera pardus in South Africa : short notes
Published in Bothalia (01-01-2016)“…Background: Leopards (Panthera pardus) show genetically determined colour variation. Erythristic (strawberry) morphs, where individuals are paler and black…”
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The role of small private game reserves in leopard panthera pardus and other carnivore conservation in south africa
Published 01-01-2016“…Many large carnivores are declining globally; most threatened or risk extinction due to a loss of habitat, resources, and direct removal; often the later as a…”
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