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Table S1: Articles recorded during the urban predation search. Columns show: authors, source of the article (exhaustive review, snowball from the articles of the review and other sources), year of publication, Biome, country and city of the study area, habitat studied (U=urban; core of the city, P=peri-urban; areas surrounding the city and U/P=both, urban and peri-urban), number of inhabitants of the city during the study period and predator species recorded in the study. Reference Source Year Biome Continent Country City Habitat Pop. Size Predator species Ali and Santhanakrishnan Other 2012 Tropical and subtropical Asia India Madurai district U 3 million Tyto alba, Athene brama dry broadleaf forest Allen et al. Other 2016 Tropical and subtropical Oceania Australia Queensland P 5 million Canis lupus dingo, Canis lupus familiaris dry broadleaf forest Apathy Other 1998 Temperate broadleaf Europe Hungary Budapest U 1.8 million Martes foina and mixed forest Baker et al. Review 2005 Temperate broadleaf Europe UK Bristol U 535,907 Felis catus and mixed forest Baker et al. Review 2008 Temperate broadleaf Europe UK Bristol U 535,907 Felis catus and mixed forest Balakrishna Review 2014 Tropical and subtropical Asia India Bangalore P 8.4 million Psammophilus dorsalis dry broadleaf forest Barratt Snowball 1998 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Canberra U 300,000 Felis catus and mixed forest Barratt Snowball 1997 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Canberra U 300,000 Felis catus and mixed forest Beckerman et al. Snowball 2007 Temperate broadleaf Europe UK Unspecified U/P Unspecified Felis catus and mixed forest Bocz et al. Review 2017 Temperate broadleaf Europe Hungary Pécs U 145,011 Corvus frugilegus, Corvus monedula and mixed forest Brack Jr. et al. Snowball 1984 Temperate broadleaf America USA West Lafayette U 212,000 Falco sparverius and mixed forest Cava et al. Other 2012 Temperate coniferous America Canada British Columbia U 100,000 Accipiter cooperii forest Charter et al. Other 2007 Mediterranean forest, Asia Israel Tel Aviv U 400,000 Tyto alba woodland and scrub Childs Review 1986 Temperate broadleaf America USA Baltimore U 619,493 Felis catus and mixed forest Clunie Snowball 1976 Tropical and subtropical Oceania Republic of Suva U 70,000 Falco peregrinus moist broadleaf forest Fiji Contesse et al Snowball 2004 Temperate broadleaf Europe Switzerland Zurich U/P 1.1 million Vulpes vulpes and mixed forest Doncaster et al. Snowball 1990 Temperate broadleaf Europe UK Oxford U 130,000 Vulpes vulpes and mixed forest Dudús et al. Review 2014 Temperate broadleaf Europe Poland Wrocław U/P 632,996 Vulpes vulpes, Martes foina and mixed forest Estes and Mannan Snowball 2003 Deserts and xeric America USA Tucson U/P 803,600 Accipiter cooperii shrublands Fancourt et al. Other 2019 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Brisbane P 2.3 million Canis lupus dingo and mixed forest Fattorini et al. Other 1999 Mediterranean forest, Europe Italy Rome U 3.7 million Falco tinnunculus,Tyto alba, Athene noctua, Strix woodland and scrub aluco Fulton Review 2014 Unspecified Oceania Australia Darwin U/P 122,571 Canis lupus familiaris Galeotti et al. Snowball 1991 Temperate broadleaf Europe Italy Pavia U 77,000 Strix aluco and mixed forest Georgiev Other 2013 Temperate broadleaf Europe Bulgaria Plovdiv U 1 million Martes foina and mixed forest Gering and Blair Snowball 1999 Temperate broadleaf America USA Oxford U/P 21,000 undetermined and mixed forest Gil-Fernández et al. Other 2020 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Greater Sydney U/P 5.1 million Vulpes vulpes and mixed forest Region Groom Review 1993 Temperate broadleaf Europe UK Manchester U 510,746 Pica pica and mixed forest Harris Snowball 1981 Temperate broadleaf Europe UK London U 7.1 million Vulpes vulpes and mixed forest Harrison et al. Snowball 2011 Mediterranean forest, America USA Kern County U 847,000 Vulpes macrotis mutica,Mephitis mephitis woodland and scrub Haskell et al. Snowball 2001 Temperate broadleaf America USA Cumberland U 46,802 Cyanocitta cristata,Corvus brachyrhynchos, Canis and mixed forest Plateau lupus familiares, Felis catus, Procyon lotor, Didelphis virginiana Herbert and Herbert Snowball 1965 Temperate broadleaf America USA New York U/P 7.8 million Falco peregrinus and mixed forest Hindmarch and Elliott Other 2015 Temperate coniferous America Canada Unspecified U/P Unspecified Bubo virginianus forest Hindmarch et al. Other 2015 Temperate coniferous America Canada Unspecified U/P Unspecified Tyto alba forest Hisano et al. Other 20165 Temperate broadleaf Europe Bulgaria Unspecified U/P Unspecified Martes foina and mixed forest Isaac et al. Review 2013 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Melbourne U/P 4.9 million Ninox strenua and mixed forest Jokimäki and Huhta Review 2000 Taiga Europe Finland Rovaniemi, U/P 57,025;, Pica pica, Canis lupus familiaris, Corvus Kemijärvi, Oulu 10,484;, cornix,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,Sciurus 160,085 vulgaris,Corvus corax,Garrulus glandariusDendrocopus major,Perisoreus infaustus Kaf et al. Other 2015 Mediterranean forest, Africa Algeria Oum El Bouaghi U 650,000 Falco tinnunculus woodland and scrub Kaneko et al. Other 2009 Temperate broadleaf Asia Japan Mito P 270,000 Mustela itatsi and mixed forest Kauhala et al. Review 2015 Temperate broadleaf Europe Finland Turku U/P 186,756 Felis catus and mixed forest Kays and DeWan Snowball 2004 Temperate broadleaf America USA Albany P 95,332 Felis catus and mixed forest Kečkéšová and Noga Other 2008 Temperate broadleaf Europe Slovakia Nitra U 75,000 Falco tinnunculus and mixed forest Kertson et al. Other 2011 Temperate coniferous America USA Snohomish and U/P 2.5 million Puma concolor forest King Kiat et al. Other 2008 Mediterranean forest, Asia Israel Jerusalem U 686,000 Asio otus woodland and scrub Kosonen Snowball 1983 Taiga Europe Finland Tampere U 160,000 Larus argentatus Leonardi and Mannino Other 2007 Mediterranean forest, Europe Italy Catania U 300,000 Falco peregrinus woodland and scrub López-Flores et al. Review 2009 Tropical and subtropical America Mexico Morelia U/P 597,511 Unspecified dry broadleaf forest Magle et al. Review 2014 Temperate broadleaf America USA Chicago U 2.7 million Canis latrans and mixed forest Major et al. Review 1996 Unspecified Oceania Australia Unspecified U Unspecified Strepera graculina,Gymnorhina tibicen, Cracttcus spp. , Corvus spp. , Manorina inelanocephala, Anthochaera spp. ,Grallina cyanoleuca, Zosterops lateralis, Sturnus vulgaris, Acridotheres tristis, Passer domesticus, Felis catus, Psittacine, Dacelo novaeguineae Manganaro et al. Review 1999 Mediterranean forest, Europe Italy Rome U 2.9 million Strix aluco woodland and scrub Manganaro et al. Other 2001 Mediterranean forest, Europe Italy Rome U 3.7 million Tyto alba, Athene noctua woodland and scrub Martins et al. Other 2010 Flooded grasslands and America Brazil Campo Grande U 800,000 Phrynops geoffroanus savannas Matthews et al. Snowball 1999 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Sydney U 5.2 million Rattus rattus,Antechinus stuartii,Pseudocheirus and mixed forest peregrinus, unidentified birds McPherson et al. Other 20196 Tropical and subtropical Africa South Africa Durban and U 800,000 Stephanoaetus coronatus moist broadleaf forest Pietermaritzburg Méndez et al. Review 2020 Mediterranean forest, Europe Spain Barcelona U/P 5.6 million Larus michahellis woodland and scrub Mitchell and Beck Review 1992 Temperate broadleaf America USA Henrico County, U/P 330,818 Felis catus and mixed forest Virginia Morey et al. Snowball 2007 Temperate broadleaf America USA Chicago U/P 9.1 million Canis latrans and mixed forest metropolitan area Morgan et al. Review 2009 Temperate grassland, Oceania New Christchurch city P 381,500 Felis catus savanna and shrubland Zealand Morgan et al. Review 2011 Temperate broadleaf Oceania New Hamilton U 165,400 Felis catus, Rattus rattus and mixed forest Zealand Mueller et al. Other 2018 Temperate broadleaf America USA Madison U/P 250,000 Canis latrans, Vulpes vulpes and mixed forest Murray et al. Other 2015 Temperate grassland, America Canada Edmonton and U/P 2.3 million Canis latrans savanna and shrubland Calgary Newsome et al. Other 2015 Temperate broadleaf America USA Chicago U 2 million Canis latrans and mixed forest Pavey Snowball 1995 Temperate broadleaf Oceania Australia Brisbane P 1.4 million Ninox strenua and mixed forest Poessel et al. Other 2017 Temperate coniferous America USA Denver urban U/P 2.4 million Canis latrans forest area Rebolo-Ifrán et al. Review 2017 Temperate grassland, America Argentina Bahía Blanca U/P 285,001 Dasypus hybridus,Chaetophractus villosus,Caracara savanna and shrubland plancus,Circus buffoni,Circus cinereus,Geranoetus polyosoma,Falco femoralis,Rupornis magnirostris,Geranoaetus melanoleucus,Parabuteo unicinctus, Felis catus,Leopardus colocolo,Conepatus chinga,Pseudalopex gymnocercus, Galictis cuja,Paraphimophis rusticus,Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus,Xenodon dorbignyi Reidy et al. Review 2008 Temperate grassland, America USA Austin P 964,254 Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii,Aphelocoma savanna and shrubland californica,Accipiter cooperii, Sciurus niger,Corvus brachyrhynchos, Molothrus ater,Pantherophis emoryi Rejt Other 2001 Temperate broadleaf Europe Poland Warsaw U 1.7 million Falco peregrinus and mixed forest Riegert and Fuchs Other 2011 Temperate broadleaf Europe Czech České U 100,000 Falco tinnunculus and mixed forest Republic Budějovice Riegert et al. Other 2007 Temperate broadleaf Europe Czech České U 100,000 Falco tinnunculus and mixed forest
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    Telling apart Felidae and Ursidae from the distribution of nucleotides in mitochondrial DNA Andrij Rovenchak Department for Theoretical Physics, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 12 Drahomanov St., Lviv, UA-79005, Ukraine [email protected] February 9, 2018 Abstract Rank{frequency distributions of nucleotide sequences in mitochon- drial DNA are defined in a way analogous to the linguistic approach, with the highest-frequent nucleobase serving as a whitespace. For such sequences, entropy and mean length are calculated. These pa- rameters are shown to discriminate the species of the Felidae (cats) and Ursidae (bears) families. From purely numerical values we are able to see in particular that giant pandas are bears while koalas are not. The observed linear relation between the parameters is explained using a simple probabilistic model. The approach based on the non- additive generalization of the Bose-distribution is used to analyze the arXiv:1802.02610v1 [q-bio.OT] 7 Feb 2018 frequency spectra of the nucleotide sequences. In this case, the sepa- ration of families is not very sharp. Nevertheless, the distributions for Felidae have on average longer tails comparing to Ursidae Key words: Complex systems; rank{frequency distributions; mito- chondrial DNA. PACS numbers: 89.20.-a; 87.18.-h; 87.14.G-; 87.16.Tb 1 1 Introduction Approaches of statistical physics proved to be efficient tools for studies of systems of different nature containing many interacting agents. Applications cover a vast variety of subjects, from voting models,1, 2 language dynamics,3, 4 and wealth distribution5 to dynamics of infection spreading6 and cellular growth.7 Studies of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and genomes are of particular in- terest as they can bridge several scientific domains, namely, biology, physics, and linguistics.8{12 Such an interdisciplinary nature of the problem might require a brief introductory information as provided below.