Search Results - "Sinclair, Anthony R. E"

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth by Estes, James A., Terborgh, John, Brashares, Justin S., Power, Mary E., Berger, Joel, Bond, William J., Carpenter, Stephen R., Essington, Timothy E., Holt, Robert D., Jackson, Jeremy B. C., Marquis, Robert J., Oksanen, Lauri, Oksanen, Tarja, Paine, Robert T., Pikitch, Ellen K., Ripple, William J., Sandin, Stuart A., Scheffer, Marten, Schoener, Thomas W., Shurin, Jonathan B., Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Soulé, Michael E., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, David A.

“…Until recently, large apex consumers were ubiquitous across the globe and had been for millions of years. The loss of these animals may be humankind's most…”
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The predator-prey power law: Biomass scaling across terrestrial and aquatic biomes by Hatton, Ian A., McCann, Kevin S., Fryxell, John M., Davies, T. Jonathan, Smerlak, Matteo, Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Loreau, Michel

“…Ecosystems exhibit surprising regularities in structure and function across terrestrial and aquatic biomes worldwide. We assembled a global data set for 2260…”
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A disease-mediated trophic cascade in the Serengeti and its implications for ecosystem C by Holdo, Ricardo M, Sinclair, Anthony R E, Dobson, Andrew P, Metzger, Kristine L, Bolker, Benjamin M, Ritchie, Mark E, Holt, Robert D

“…Tree cover is a fundamental structural characteristic and driver of ecosystem processes in terrestrial ecosystems, and trees are a major global carbon (C)…”
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Effective Enforcement in a Conservation Area by Hilborn, Ray, Arcese, Peter, Borner, Markus, Hando, Justin, Hopcraft, Grant, Loibooki, Martin, Mduma, Simon, Sinclair, Anthony R.E

“…Wildlife within protected areas is under increasing threat from bushmeat and illegal trophy trades, and many argue that enforcement within protected areas is…”
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Climate extremes promote fatal co-infections during canine distemper epidemics in African lions by Munson, Linda, Terio, Karen A, Kock, Richard, Mlengeya, Titus, Roelke, Melody E, Dubovi, Edward, Summers, Brian, Sinclair, Anthony R E, Packer, Craig

“…Extreme climatic conditions may alter historic host-pathogen relationships and synchronize the temporal and spatial convergence of multiple infectious agents,…”
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Resource wars and conflict ivory: the impact of civil conflict on elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo--the case of the Okapi Reserve by Beyers, Rene L, Hart, John A, Sinclair, Anthony R E, Grossmann, Falk, Klinkenberg, Brian, Dino, Simeon

“…Human conflict generally has substantial negative impacts on wildlife and conservation. The recent civil war (1995-2006) in the Democratic Republic of Congo…”
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role of predation in the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou by Wittmer, H.U, Sinclair, A.R.E, McLellan, B.N

“…To select appropriate recovery strategies for endangered populations, we must understand the dynamics of small populations and distinguish between the possible…”
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Predicted impact of barriers to migration on the Serengeti wildebeest population by Holdo, Ricardo M, Fryxell, John M, Sinclair, Anthony R E, Dobson, Andrew, Holt, Robert D

“…The Serengeti wildebeest migration is a rare and spectacular example of a once-common biological phenomenon. A proposed road project threatens to bisect the…”
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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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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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Predictive models of movement by Serengeti grazers by Fryxell, J.M, Wilmshurst, J.F, Sinclair, A.R.E

“…Many animal species are unevenly distributed across the landscape, in spatial patterns that continually shift over time. Such a shifting mosaic is thought to…”
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Effect of habitat area and isolation on fragmented animal populations by Prugh, Laura R, Hodges, Karen E, Sinclair, Anthony R.E, Brashares, Justin S

“…Habitat destruction has driven many once-contiguous animal populations into remnant patches of varying size and isolation. The underlying framework for the…”
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Landscape scale, heterogeneity, and the viability of Serengeti grazers by Fryxell, John M., Wilmshurst, John F., Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Haydon, Daniel T., Holt, Robert D., Abrams, Peter A.

“…Species persistence can be threatened by substantial temporal variation in food resources over time. On the other hand, spatial heterogeneity in resources at…”
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Do animal size, seasons and vegetation type influence detection probability and density estimates of Serengeti ungulates? by Bukombe, John, Senzota, Ramadhani B, Fryxell, John M, Kittle, Andrew, Kija, Hamza, Hopcraft, John Grant C, Mduma, Simon, Sinclair, Anthony R. E

“…Accurate detection of individual animals and estimation of ungulate population density might be a function of vegetation cover, animal size, observation radius…”
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Long-term surveys of age structure in 13 ungulate and one ostrich species in the Serengeti, 1926–2018 by Rogy, Pierre, Sinclair, Anthony R. E.

“…The Serengeti ecosystem spans an extensive network of protected areas in Tanzania, eastern Africa, and a UNESCO Wold Heritage Site. It is home to some of the…”
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What Limits the Serengeti Zebra Population? by Grange, Sophie, Duncan, Patrick, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Gogan, Peter J. P., Packer, Craig, Hofer, Heribert, East, Marion

“…The populations of the ecologically dominant ungulates in the Serengeti ecosystem (zebra, wildebeest and buffalo) have shown markedly different trends since…”
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Road will ruin Serengeti by Dobson, Andrew P, Borner, Markus, Sinclair, Anthony R. E, Hudson, Peter J, Anderson, T. Michael, Bigurube, Gerald, Davenport, Tim B. B, Deutsch, James, Durant, Sarah M, Estes, Richard D, Estes, Anna B, Fryxell, John, Foley, Charles, Gadd, Michelle E, Haydon, Dan, Holdo, Ricardo, Holt, Robert D, Homewood, Katherine, Hopcraft, J. Grant C, Hilborn, Ray, Jambiya, George L. K, Laurenson, M. Karen, Melamari, Lota, Morindat, Alais Ole, Ogutu, Joseph O, Schaller, George, Wolanski, Eric

“…Tanzania's iconic national park must not be divided by a highway, say Andrew Dobson, Markus Borner, Tony Sinclair and 24 others. A route farther south would…”
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Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems by Beale, Colin M., Rensberg, Sue van, Bond, William J., Coughenour, Mike, Fynn, Richard, Gaylard, Angela, Grant, Rina, Harris, Brian, Jones, Trevor, Mduma, Simon, Owen-Smith, Norman, Sinclair, Anthony R.E.

“…•We identify ten issues important for maintaining functional savannah ecosystems.•Important issues occur both inside and outside protected areas.•Several…”
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Bird–Vegetation Relationships in Southeastern British Columbia by SCHWAB, FRANCIS E, SIMON, NEAL P. P, SINCLAIR, ANTHONY R. E

“…To produce better habitat models, we analyzed a 1977 breeding bird data set with recently developed techniques. Our generalized linear models for specific bird…”
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Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction by Ogada, Darcy, Shaw, Phil, Beyers, Rene L., Buij, Ralph, Murn, Campbell, Thiollay, Jean Marc, Beale, Colin M., Holdo, Ricardo M., Pomeroy, Derek, Baker, Neil, Krüger, Sonja C., Botha, Andre, Virani, Munir Z., Monadjem, Ara, Sinclair, Anthony R. E.

“…Vultures provide critical ecosystem services, yet populations of many species have collapsed worldwide. We present the first estimates of a 30‐year Pan‐African…”
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