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ArticleEcology and evolution2024

Long-term data reveal fitness costs of anthropogenic prey depletion for a subordinate competitor, the African wild dog (

Johnathan Reyes de Merkle, Scott Creel, Matthew S Becker, Ben Goodheart, Thandiwe Mweetwa, Henry Mwape, Egil Dröge, Twakundine Simpamba

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Prey depletion, interspecific competition, and the energetics of hunting in endangered African wild dogs,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Johnathan Reyes de MerkleZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6153-581X
Scott CreelZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.
Matthew S BeckerZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.
Ben GoodheartZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9146-5476
Thandiwe MweetwaZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.
Henry MwapeZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.
Egil DrögeZambian Carnivore Programme Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.
Twakundine SimpambaDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife, South Luangwa Area Management Unit Mfuwe Eastern Province Zambia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within carnivore guilds, dominant competitors (e.g., lions,

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competitionconservationpopulation demographypredator ecologyprey depletionprotected areas

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PMID38932965
PMCPMC11199200

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