Insights from long‐term field studies of mammalian carnivores

Landscape heterogeneity and behavioral traits drive the evolution of lion group territoriality

(2015) Anna A. Mosser et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Opposing effects of group size on reproduction and survival in African wild dogs

(2015) Scott Creel et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Does lactation lead to resource allocation trade-offs in the spotted hyaena?

(2015) Marion L. East et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Socioecological variables predict telomere length in wild spotted hyenas

(2015) N. Lewin et al.   Biology Letters

Topological effects of network structure on long-term social network dynamics in a wild mammal

(2015) Amiyaal Ilany et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dynamics of a morbillivirus at the domestic–wildlife interface: Canine distemper virus in domestic dogs and lions

(2015) Mafalda Viana et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cheetahs and wild dogs show contrasting patterns of suppression by lions

(2014) Alexandra Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

Do social groups prevent Allee effect related extinctions?: The case of wild dogs

(2013) Elena Angulo et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Risk avoidance in sympatric large carnivores: reactive or predictive?

(2013) Femke Broekhuis et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

(2013) Eli M. Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Is science in danger of sanctifying the wolf?

(2012) L. David Mech   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15years after wolf reintroduction

(2011) William J. Ripple et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Inferring the ancestry of African wild dogs that returned to the Serengeti-Mara

(2011) Clare D. Marsden et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

The impact of a pathogenic bacterium on a social carnivore population

(2011) Oliver P. Höner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Demography of a recovering African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) population

(2011) Rosie Woodroffe   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Society, demography and genetic structure in the spotted hyena

(2011) KAY E. HOLEKAMP et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomic sweep and potential genetic rescue during limiting environmental conditions in an isolated wolf population

(2011) J. R. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Rookery at Año Nuevo: A Case Study in Colonization

(2011) Burney Le Boeuf   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Evolutionary forces favoring intragroup coalitions among spotted hyenas and other animals

(2010) Jennifer E. Smith et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Effects of Trophy Hunting on Lion and Leopard Populations in Tanzania

(2010) C. PACKER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Ranging behaviour of African wild dog packs in a human-dominated landscape

(2010) R. Woodroffe   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time

(2010) Anne E. Magurran et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology

(2010) Tim Clutton-Brock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo

(2009) Anna Mosser et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Optimal group size, dispersal decisions and postdispersal relationships in female African lions

(2009) Kimberly L. VanderWaal et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Maternal effects on offspring social status in spotted hyenas

(2009) Marion L. East et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Food limitation increases aggression in juvenile meerkats

(2009) S.J. Hodge et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Reproductive sharing and proximate factors mediating cooperative breeding in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

(2009) Penny A. Spiering et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Congenital bone deformities and the inbred wolves (Canis lupus) of Isle Royale

(2009) Jannikke Räikkönen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Ecological Determinants of Survival and Reproduction in the Spotted Hyena

(2009) Heather E. Watts et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Microsatellite Variation in Namibian Brown Hyenas (Hyaena brunnea): Population Structure and Mating System Implications

(2009) James C. Knowles et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Distinguishing epidemic waves from disease spillover in a wildlife population

(2009) M. E. Craft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Post-weaning maternal effects and the evolution of female dominance in the spotted hyena

(2009) H. E. Watts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social and ecological determinants of fission–fusion dynamics in the spotted hyaena

(2008) Jennifer E. Smith et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Context-dependent linear dominance hierarchies in social groups of European badgers, Meles meles

(2008) Stacey E. Hewitt et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Fecal glucocorticoids reflect socio-ecological and anthropogenic stressors in the lives of wild spotted hyenas

(2008) Page E. Van Meter et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Ecological and anthropogenic influences on space use by spotted hyaenas

(2008) J. M. Kolowski et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Reproductive skew and relatedness in social groups of European badgers,Meles meles

(2008) HANNAH L. DUGDALE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dynamics of a small re-introduced population of wild dogs over 25 years: Allee effects and the implications of sociality for endangered species’ recovery

(2008) Michael J. Somers et al.   OECOLOGIA

Climate Extremes Promote Fatal Co-Infections during Canine Distemper Epidemics in African Lions

(2008) Linda Munson et al.   PLoS One