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Overview Behaviour & Ecology Ethiopian wolf and EWCP-authored papers, grouped by topic Overview Sillero-Zubiri, C. and J. Marino, Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), in Canids: foxes, wolves, jackals and dogs. Status survey and conservation action plan, C. Sillero-Zubiri, M. Hoffmann, and D.W. Macdonald, Editors. 2004, IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group: Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK. p. 167-174. Sillero-Zubiri, C., M. Hoffmann, and D.W. Macdonald, Canids: foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs: status survey and conservation action plan. 2004: IUCN Gland, Switzerland. Sillero-Zubiri, C. and D. Gottelli, Canis simensis. Mammalian Species, 1994(485): p. 1-6. Gottelli, D. and C. Sillero-Zubiri, The Ethiopian wolf - an endangered endemic canid. Oryx, 1992. 26: p. 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300023735 Behaviour & ecology Werhahn, G., et al., Himalayan wolf foraging ecology and the importance of wild prey. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019. 20: p. 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00780 Macdonald, D.W., et al., Monogamy: Cause, Consequence, or Corollary of Success in Wild Canids? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019. 7: p. 28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00341 Gutema, T.M., et al., Foraging ecology of African wolves (Canis lupaster) and its implications for the conservation of Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis). R Soc Open Sci, 2019. 6(9): p. 190772. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190772 Kaszta, Ż., et al., Where buffalo and cattle meet: modelling interspecific contact risk using cumulative resistant kernels. Ecography, 2018. 41(10): p. 1616-1626. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03039 Hrouzkova, E., et al., Seismic communication in spalacids: signals in the giant root-rat and Gansu zokor. Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2018. 29(2): p. 243-245. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix- 00118-2018 Gutema, T.M., et al., Competition between sympatric wolf taxa: an example involving African and Ethiopian wolves. R Soc Open Sci, 2018. 5(5): p. 172207. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172207 Vlasatá, T., et al., Daily activity patterns in the giant root rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus), a fossorial rodent from the Afro-alpine zone of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Journal of Zoology, 2017. 302(3): p. 157-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12441 Burruss, D., et al., Food habits of the pale fox (Vulpes pallida) in Niger. African Journal of Ecology, 2017. 55(4): p. 664-671. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12404 Atickem, A., et al., African wolf diet, predation on livestock and conflict in the Guassa mountains of Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology, 2017. 55(4): p. 632-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12399 Macdonald, D.W., Animal behaviour and its role in carnivore conservation: examples of seven deadly threats. Animal Behaviour, 2016. 120: p. 197-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.06.013 Kaszta, Ż., et al., Bulk feeder or selective grazer: African buffalo space use patterns based on fine-scale remotely sensed data on forage quality and quantity. Ecological Modelling, 2016. 323: p. 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.12.006 Venkataraman, V.V., et al., Solitary Ethiopian wolves increase predation success on rodents when among grazing gelada monkey herds. Journal of Mammalogy, 2015. 96(1): p. 129-137. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyu013 Yihune, M. and A. Bekele, Feeding ecology of the Ethiopian wolf in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology, 2014. 52(4): p. 484-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12150 Venkataraman, V.V., et al., Gelada herds increase predation success of Ethiopian wolves on rodents. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2014. 153: p. 260-260. van Kesteren, F., et al., The physiology of cooperative breeding in a rare social canid; sex, suppression and pseudopregnancy in female Ethiopian wolves. Physiol Behav, 2013. 122: p. 39-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.016 van Kesteren, F., et al., Sex, stress and social status: patterns in fecal testosterone and glucocorticoid metabolites in male Ethiopian wolves. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 2012. 179(1): p. 30-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.016 Tallents, L.A., et al., Territory quality determines social group composition in Ethiopian wolves Canis simensis. J Anim Ecol, 2012. 81(1): p. 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01911.x Mbizah, M.M., J. Marino, and R.J. Groom, Diet of Four Sympatric Carnivores in Savé Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe: Implications for Conservation of the African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus). South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 2012. 42(2): p. 94-103. https://doi.org/10.3957/056.042.0213 Marino, J., et al., Ecological bases of philopatry and cooperation in Ethiopian wolves. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2012. 66(7): p. 1005-1015. Link Sillero-Zubiri, C., et al., Ecology and reproductive strategy of an Afroalpine specialist: Ethiopian wolves in the Bale Mountains Walia Special Edition on the Bale Mountains, 2011: p. 61-79. Link Murdoch, J.D., et al., Seasonal food habits of corsac and red foxes in Mongolia and the potential for competition. Mammalian Biology, 2010. 75(1): p. 36-44. Link Marino, J., R. Mitchell, and P.J. Johnson, Dietary specialization and climatic-linked variations in extant populations of Ethiopian wolves. African Journal of Ecology, 2009. 48(2): p. 517-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01140.x Tallents, L.A., Determinants of reproductive success in Ethiopian wolves. D.Phil. dissertation, University of Oxford, UK. 2007. Link Sillero-Zubiri, C., et al., Afroalpine ecology, solitary foraging and intense sociality amongst Ethiopian wolves, in Biology and conservation of wild canids, D.W. Macdonald and C. Sillero-Zubiri, Editors. 2004, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. p. 311-323 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.003.0020 Sillero-Zubiri, C. and D.W. Macdonald, Scent-marking and territorial behaviour of Ethiopian wolves Canis simensis. Journal of Zoology, 1998. 245(3): p. 351-361. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469- 7998.1998.tb00110.x Sillero-Zubiri, C., P.J. Johnson, and D.W. MacDonald, A Hypothesis for Breeding Synchrony in Ethiopian Wolves (Canis simensis). Journal of Mammalogy, 1998. 79(3): p. 853-858. Malcolm, J., The diet of the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis Ruppell) from a grassland are of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology, 1997. 35(2): p. 162-164. Sillero-Zubiri, C., D. Gottelli, and D.W. Macdonald, Male philopatry, extra-pack copulations and inbreeding avoidance in Ethiopian wolves ( Canis simensis ). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1996. 38(5): p. 331-340. Link Sillero-Zubiri, C., F.H. Tattersall, and D.W. Macdonald, Bale Mountains rodent communities and their relevance to the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis). African Journal of Ecology, 1995. 33(4): p. 301-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1995.tb01041.x Sillero-Zubiri, C. and D. Gottelli, Diet and Feeding Behavior of Ethiopian Wolves (Canis simensis). Journal of Mammalogy, 1995. 76(2): p. 531-541. https://doi.org/10.2307/1382361 Sillero-Zubiri, C., Behavioural ecology of the Ethiopian wolf, Canis simensis, in Faculty of Biological Sciences. 1994, University of Oxford: Oxford, UK. p. 283? https://doi.org/10.1017/S1367943005001952 Sillero-Zubiri, C., F.H. Tattersall, and D.W. Macdonald, Habitat selection and daily activity of giant molerats Tachyoryctes macrocephalus: Significance to the Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis in the Afroalpine ecosystem. Biological Conservation, 1995. 72(1): p. 77-84. Link Genetics & distribution Gopalakrishnan, S., et al., Interspecific Gene Flow Shaped the Evolution of the Genus Canis. Curr Biol, 2019. 29(23): p. 4152. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cub.2018.08.041 Armstrong, E.E., et al., Cost-effective assembly of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) genome using linked reads. Gigascience, 2019. 8(2): p. 10. Werhahn, G., et al., The unique genetic adaptation of the Himalayan wolf to high-altitudes and consequences for conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018. 16: p. 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00455 Kamgang, S.A., et al., The relationship between the abundance of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) and its habitat: a conservation concern in Mbam-Djerem National Park, Cameroon. BMC Ecol, 2018. 18(1): p. 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0199-3 Werhahn, G., et al., Phylogenetic evidence for the ancient Himalayan wolf: towards a clarification of its taxonomic status based on genetic sampling from western Nepal. R Soc Open Sci, 2017. 4(6): p. 170186. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170186 Kaszta, Ż., J. Marino, and E. Wolff, Fine-scale spatial and seasonal rangeland use by cattle in a foot-and- mouth disease control zones. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2017. 239: p. 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.009 Harrington, L.A., J. Marino, and C.M. King, People and wild musteloids. Biology and Conservation of Musteloids, ed. D.W. Macdonald, C. Newman, and L.A. Harrington. 2017, New York: Oxford Univ Press. 189-215. ISBN: 9780198759812 Bennett, M., et al., Shifts in habitat suitability and the conservation status of the Endangered Andean cat Leopardus jacobita under climate change scenarios. Oryx, 2017. 53(2): p. 356-367. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605317000503 Burruss, D., S. Rostro-García, and C. Sillero-Zubiri, Spatial organization of the pale fox in the Termit Massif of east Niger. Journal of Mammalogy, 2016. 97(2): p. 526-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv198 Knobel, D.L., et al., Dogs, disease, and wildlife. Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife Conservation, ed. M.E. Gompper. 2014, New York: Oxford Univ Press. 144-169. ISBN: 9780199663217 Gottelli, D., et al., Genetic structure and patterns of gene flow among populations of the endangered Ethiopian wolf.
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