Journal article
Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore
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The fear (perceived predation risk) large carnivores inspire in mesocarnivores can affect ecosystem structure and function, and loss of the “landscape of fear” large carnivores create adds to concerns regarding the worldwide loss of large carnivores. Fear of humans has been proposed to act as a substitute but new research identifies humans as a “super predator” globally far more lethal to mesocarnivores, and thus presumably far more frightening. Although much of the world now consists of huma...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Behavioral Ecology Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 1826-1832
- Publication date:
- 2016-07-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-06-24
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- ISSN:
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1465-7279
- Source identifiers:
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633478
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- Spencer et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com
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