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ArticleEcology2026

Extraordinary movements connecting distant ecosystems by African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus).

Scott Creel, Stephani Matsushima, Henry Mwape, Bridget Mayani-Nkhoma, Kachama Banda, Ben Goodheart, Johnathan Reyes de Merkle, Anna Kusler, Daan Smit, Johane Njobvu and 18 more

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Article in Ecology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Scott CreelDepartment of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-6113
Stephani MatsushimaZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Henry MwapeZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Bridget Mayani-NkhomaZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Kachama BandaZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Ben GoodheartDepartment of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
Johnathan Reyes de MerkleDepartment of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6153-581X
Anna KuslerDepartment of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
Daan SmitDepartment of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
Johane NjobvuZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Moses MuwowoZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Reuben KabungoZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Michelo MungoloZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Mwamba SichandeZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Catherine SunZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-4012
Carolyn A SanguinettiZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Charlotte KragMusekese Conservation, Kafue National Park, Lusaka Province, Zambia.
Lucky ChamaZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Mwansa ChisangaZambia Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Mumbwa, Lusaka Province, Zambia.
Twakundine SimpambaZambia Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Mumbwa, Lusaka Province, Zambia.
Howard MaimboZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Ella BradfordZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8306-4397
Clive ChifunteZambia Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Mumbwa, Lusaka Province, Zambia.
Craig ReidAfrican Parks, Chunga, Zambia.
Bruce EllenderThe Nature Conservancy, Lusaka, Zambia.
David ChristiansonZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-9595
Egil DrögeZambian Carnivore Programme, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Matthew S BeckerDepartment of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.

Funding

Africa Hope FundDazzle AfricaEuropean UnionGemfields IncMfuwe Lodge/Bushcamp CompanyNational Geographic Society Big Cats Initiative and Predator Research GrantNational Science Foundation DEB-2032131National Science Foundation DEB-2221826National Science Foundation IOS-1145749Nature ConservancyNERC NE/X015491/1Painted Dog Conservation IncPainted Wolf FoundationTusk TrustWorld Wildlife Fund-Netherlands & Zambia
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Abstract

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PMID42732915
PMCPMC13572030

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