- Title
- Brown hyena habitat selection varies among sites in a semi-arid region of southern Africa
- Creator
- Welch, Rebecca J, Tambling, Craig J, Bissett, Charlene, Gaylard, Angela, Müller, Konrad, Slater, Kerry, Strauss, W Maartin, Parker, Daniel M
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/123277
- Identifier
- vital:35423
- Identifier
- https://doi.10.1093/jmammal/gyv189
- Description
- In the last 50 years, the human impact on ecosystems has been greater than during any other time period in human history (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2003). Large carnivores face anthropogenic threats worldwide, specifically persecution, habitat degradation, and habitat fragmentation (Everatt et al. 2014; Groom et al. 2014; Ripple et al. 2014; Wolfe et al. 2015). Because large carnivores often occupy high trophic levels, their presence influences species at lower levels through trophic cascades (Ripple et al. 2014). Natural experiments, taking advantage of large carnivore management, have shown that large predators provide fundamental ecosystem and economic services that help maintain healthy and diverse ecosystems (Ripple et al. 2014). Additionally, carnivores play an important role in other ecosystem processes, for example, scavenging carnivores may provide regulatory services, such as waste removal, nutrient cycling, and disease regulation. Such services add stability to ecosystems and ensure energy flow through multiple trophic levels (DeVault et al. 2003; Wilson and Wolkovich 2011).
- Format
- 10 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Mammalogy, Welch, R.J., Tambling, C.J., Bissett, C., Gaylard, A., Müller, K., Slater, K., Strauss, W.M. and Parker, D.M., 2015. Brown hyena habitat selection varies among sites in a semi-arid region of southern Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(2), pp.473-482, Journal of Mammalogy volume 97 number 2 473 482 December 2015 1545-1542
- Rights
- Journal of Mammalogy
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the bioRxiv Terms of Distribution Statement (https://www.biorxiv.org/about-biorxiv)
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