Bear essentials.

Source: MiniMag. Aug2024, Vol. 29 Issue 12, p6-7. 2p.

Subjects: BEARS, POLAR bear, CARNIVOROUS animals, CARNIVOROUS marsupials, ASIATIC black bear

Testing the Role of Climate Change in Species Decline: Is the Eastern Quoll a Victim of a Change in the Weather?

Authors: Fancourt, Bronwyn A.¹ Bronwyn.Fancourt@utas.edu.au, Bateman, Brooke L.², VanDerWal, Jeremy³, Nicol, Stewart C.¹, Hawkins, Clare E.¹, Jones, Menna E.¹, Johnson, Christopher N.¹

Source: PLoS ONE. Jun2015, Vol. 10 Issue 6, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *DASYURUS viverrinus, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *SPECIES distribution, *CLIMATE change, *ENVIRONMENTAL protection, *HABITATS

Telomere Dynamics and Homeostasis in a Transmissible Cancer.

Authors: Saretzki, Gabriele¹, Ujvari, Beata², Pearse, Anne-Maree², Taylor, Robyn², Pyecroft, Stephen², Flanagan, Cassandra³, Gombert, Sara³, Papenfuss, Anthony T.^4,5, Madsen, Thomas⁶, Belov, Katherine³ kathy.belov@sydney.edu.au

Source: PLoS ONE. Aug2012, Vol. 7 Issue 8, Special section p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *DEVIL facial tumor disease, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *TASMANIAN devil, *CANCER, *SCHWANN cells, *CELL proliferation, *GENE expression

Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll.

Authors: Attard, M.R.G.¹, Chamoli, U.¹, Ferrara, T.L.¹, Rogers, T.L.¹, Wroe, S.¹

Source: Journal of Zoology. Dec2011, Vol. 285 Issue 4, p292-300. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *THYLACINE, *SPOTTED-tailed quoll, *BIOLOGICAL extinction, *ANIMAL feeding, *SKULL, *BIOMECHANICS, *TASMANIAN devil, RISK factors

Mechanisms of climate-change-induced species decline: spatial, temporal and long-term variation in the diet of an endangered marsupial carnivore, the eastern quoll.

Authors: Fancourt, Bronwyn A.^1,2 bronwyn.fancourt@utas.edu.au, Hawkins, Clare E.¹, Nicol, Stewart C.¹

Source: Wildlife Research. 2018, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p737-750. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Climate change, *Species diversity, Carnivorous marsupials

Prey productivity and predictability drive different axes of life-history variation in carnivorous marsupials.

Authors: Collett, Rachael A.¹ rachael.collett@uqconnect.edu.au, Baker, Andrew M.², Fisher, Diana O.¹

Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 11/7/2018, Vol. 285 Issue 1890, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *ENTOMOPHAGOUS insects, *ITEROPARITY & semelparity, *DASYURIDAE, *ANIMAL offspring sex ratio

Survival histories of marsupial carnivores on Australian continental shelf islands highlight climate change and Europeans as likely extirpation factors: implications for island predator restoration.

Authors: Peacock, David E.¹ david.peacock@sa.gov.au, Fancourt, Bronwyn A.^2,3, McDowell, Matthew C.⁴, Abbott, Ian⁵

Source: Biodiversity & Conservation. Aug2018, Vol. 27 Issue 10, p2477-2494. 18p.

Subject Terms: *Predatory animals, Galeopterus variegatus, Thylacine, Pleistocene Epoch, Carnivorous marsupials

Devil women.

Authors: Fox, Samantha^1,2 samantha.fox@dpipwe.tas.gov.au, Hogg, Carolyn J.³ carolyn.hogg@sydney.edu.au, Grueber, Catherine E.^3,4 catherine.grueber@sydney.edu.au, Belov, Katherine³ kathy.belov@sydney.edu.au

Source: Pacific Conservation Biology. 2018, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p271-279. 9p.

Subject Terms: *TASMANIAN devil, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *DEVIL facial tumor disease, *COMMUNICABLE diseases, *BIOLOGICAL extinction, *WILDLIFE conservation

Dietary flexibility in small carnivores: a case study on the endangered northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus.

Authors: DUNLOP, JUDY A.¹ Judy.Dunlop@DPaW.wa.gov.au, RAYNER, KELLY¹, DOHERTY, TIM S.²

Source: Journal of Mammalogy. 5/29/2017, Vol. 98 Issue 3, p858-866. 9p. 4 Graphs, 2 Maps.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *DASYURUS, *MAMMALS -- Food, *BIODIVERSITY conservation, *ECOLOGICAL niche, *PREDATION, *MAMMALS

Machine learning ecological networks.

Authors: O’Gorman, Eoin J.¹ e.ogorman@essex.ac.uk

Source: Science. 8/26/2022, Vol. 377 Issue 6609, p918-919. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS animals, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *PREDATORY animals, *TOP predators, *CONSERVATIONISTS

Nutritional status and functional digestive histology of the carnivorous Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).

Authors: Stannard, Hayley J.¹ hayley.stannard@sydney.edu.au, Tong, Lydia², Shaw, Michelle², Van Sluys, Monique³, McAllan, Bronwyn⁴, Raubenheimer, David¹

Source: Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Mar2017, Vol. 205, p1-7. 7p.

Subject Terms: *TASMANIAN devil, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *NUTRITIONAL status, *HISTOLOGY, *GASTROINTESTINAL system

Extinction of South American sparassodontans (Metatheria): environmental fluctuations or complex ecological processes?

Authors: López‐Aguirre, Camilo¹ c.lopez-aguirre@unsw.edu.au, Archer, Michael¹ m.archer@unsw.edu.au, Hand, Suzanne J.¹ s.hand@unsw.edu.au, Laffan, Shawn W.² shawn.laffan@unsw.edu.au, Smith, Andrew

Source: Palaeontology. Jan2017, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p91-115. 25p.

Subject Terms: *MAMMAL extinction, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, *ECOLOGICAL assessment, *TOP predators

Geographic Terms: SOUTH America

Three-dimensional diet regulation and the consequences of choice for weight and activity level of a marsupial carnivore.

Authors: WILDER, SHAWN M.^1,2 shawn.wilder@okstate.edu, LIHONG YUAN^3,4, ROUMILHAC, CECILE⁵, LEGAL, ALICE⁵, RAUBENHEIMER, DAVID^1,6, SIMPSON, STEPHEN J.¹, MCALLAN, BRONWYN M.⁴

Source: Journal of Mammalogy. Dec2016, Vol. 97 Issue 6, p1645-1651. 7p. 1 Chart, 3 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *ANIMAL nutrition, *ANIMAL feeding behavior, *PHYSICAL activity, *WEIGHT gain, *ANIMAL behavior

Activity patterns and torpor in two free-ranging carnivorous marsupials in arid Australia in relation to precipitation, reproduction, and ground cover.

Authors: KÖRTNER, GERHARD^1,2 gkoertne@une.edu.au, RIEK, ALEXANDER^1,3, PAVEY, CHRIS R.^2,4, GEISER, FRITZ¹

Source: Journal of Mammalogy. Dec2016, Vol. 97 Issue 6, p1555-1564. 10p. 8 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *METEOROLOGICAL precipitation, *GROUND cover plants, *ANIMAL reproduction, *DORMANCY (Biology)

Optimization of sampling effort in carnivore surveys based on signs: A regional-scale study in a Mediterranean area.

Authors: Carreras-Duro, Jesús¹, Moleón, Marcos² mmoleonpaiz@hotmail.com, Barea-Azcón, José Miguel², Ballesteros-Duperón, Elena², Virgós, Emilio³

Source: Mammalian Biology. Mar2016, Vol. 81 Issue 2, p205-213. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *SAMPLING methods, *AREA studies, *SPECIES distribution, *EVOLUTIONARY theories, *WILDLIFE conservation

Geographic Terms: MEDITERRANEAN Sea

Winter food habits of sympatric carnivores, Amur tigers and Far Eastern leopards, in the Russian Far East.

Authors: Sugimoto, Taro¹ tasugi@ees.hokudai.ac.jp, Aramilev, Vladimir V.², Nagata, Junco³, McCullough, Dale R.⁴

Source: Mammalian Biology. Mar2016, Vol. 81 Issue 2, p214-218. 5p.

Subject Terms: *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *WINTERING of mammals, *SIBERIAN tiger, *PANTHERA pardus orientalis, *ECOSYSTEM dynamics, *RESOURCE availability (Ecology), *PREDATORY animals

Geographic Terms: RUSSIAN Far East (Russia)

Island life for WA’s dibblers.

Source: Australian Geographic. Mar/Apr2016, Issue 131, p16-17. 2p. 7 Color Photographs.

Subjects: ANIMAL breeding, CARNIVOROUS marsupials, MARSUPIALS, ZOOS, WILDLIFE conservation, MAWSON, Peter, REPRODUCTION

Geographic Terms: AUSTRALIAReport Available

GeoSounding.

Authors: Hutchinson, Nick

Source: Geodate. May2014, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p8-9. 2p.

Subjects: WILDLIFE reintroduction, WILDLIFE conservation, ECOSYSTEM management, ANIMAL habitations, MAMMAL habitations, CARNIVOROUS marsupials, PREDATION, SHEEP, MAMMALS

An ecological regime shift resulting from disrupted predator--prey interactions in Holocene Australia.

Authors: Prowse, Thomas A. A.¹ thomas.prowse@adelaide.edu.au, Johnson, Christopher N.², Bradshaw, Corey J. A.^1,3, Brook, Barry W.¹

Source: Ecology. Mar2014, Vol. 95 Issue 3, p693-702. 10p.

Subject Terms: Ecological regime shifts, Predation, Holocene Epoch, Plant anatomy, Carnivorous marsupials

Geographic Terms: Australia

Evolution in a transmissible cancer: a study of the chromosomal changes in devil facial tumor (DFT) as it spreads through the wild Tasmanian devil population

Authors: Pearse, Anne-Maree¹ Anne-Maree.Pearse@dpipwe.tas.gov.au, Swift, Kate¹, Hodson, Pamela¹, Hua, Bobby¹, McCallum, Hamish², Pyecroft, Stephen¹, Taylor, Robyn¹, Eldridge, Mark D.B.³, Belov, Katherine⁴

Source: Cancer Genetics. Mar2012, Vol. 205 Issue 3, p101-112. 12p.

Subject Terms: *TASMANIAN devil, *CARNIVOROUS marsupials, *DEVIL facial tumor disease, *CELL lines, *CHROMOSOMES