scholarly journals Frugivore carnivores: preferences and contribution to seed dispersal of red fox Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) and stone marten Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) in Carrascal de la Font Roja Natural Park (Alicante, Spain).

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Encarnación Rico-Guzmán ◽  
Beatriz Terrones ◽  
José Luis Cantó ◽  
Andreu Bonet
2010 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Bilandžić ◽  
Danko Dežđek ◽  
Marija Sedak ◽  
Maja Đokić ◽  
Božica Solomun ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Traba Juan ◽  
Arrieta Sagrario ◽  
Herranz Jesús ◽  
Clamagirand M. Cristina

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 142-148
Author(s):  
Aliya U. Gabdullina ◽  
Zhomart B. Amanbaev ◽  
Erik T. Kasymov

The article provides new data on the location and distribution of the snow leopard Panthera uncia and the stone marten Martes foina in the Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park (South-Western Altai, Eastern Kazakhstan). The data were obtained using camera traps.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Tobajas ◽  
Esther Descalzo ◽  
Pablo Ferreras ◽  
Rafael Mateo ◽  
Antoni Margalida

AbstractCarrion is a valuable resource exploited not only by obligate scavengers but also by a wide variety of facultative scavengers. These species provide several important ecosystem services which can suffer if the scavenger community composition is altered, thus reducing the ecosystem provided. We studied the response of the Mediterranean facultative scavenger community to the exclusion of larger scavenger species (red fox Vulpes vulpes, European badger Meles meles, and wild boar Sus scrofa) using an exclusion fence permeable to small scavenger species (mainly Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon, common genet Genetta genetta, and stone marten Martes foina). The exclusion of dominant facultative scavengers led to a significant reduction in the amount of carrion consumed and an increase in carrion available for smaller species and decomposers, over a longer period of time. Although carrion consumption by the non-excluded species increased inside the exclusion area relative to the control area, it was insufficient to compensate for the carrion not eaten by the dominant scavengers. Of the small scavenger species, only the Egyptian mongoose significantly increased its carrion consumption in the exclusion area, and was the main beneficiary of the exclusion of dominant facultative scavengers. Therefore, altering the facultative scavenger community in Mediterranean woodlands can reduce the efficiency of small carcass removal and benefit other opportunistic species, such as the Egyptian mongoose, by increasing the carrion available to them. This interaction could have substantial implications for disease transmission, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem function.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Julie M. O'Connor ◽  
David M. Burrows ◽  
Benjamin L. Allen ◽  
Scott E. Burnett

Basket asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus) has become a naturalised invasive plant in some coastal areas of Australia since its introduction in the late 19th century. Its spread through garden waste dumping and avian seed dispersal has been well documented and both are considered to be the primary means of dispersal. While a small number of avian vectors have been identified, no Australian studies have investigated the potential of mammals to disperse basket asparagus seeds. We collected basket asparagus seeds from fox (Vulpes vulpes) scats collected in the field, confirmed the viability of these seeds in germination trials, and further documented the germination of basket asparagus seeds from an undisturbed fox scat in situ. These results demonstrate that foxes consume and disperse basket asparagus seeds, and that these seeds are viable and germinate under field conditions. Foxes not only use basket asparagus stands as harbour, but can also facilitate the plant’s dispersal in coastal ecosystems.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-292
Author(s):  
Lúcia PEREIRA ◽  
Ana VASQUES ◽  
Paula MAIA ◽  
Maria João RAMOS PEREIRA ◽  
Carlos FONSECA ◽  
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