#ShitAcademicsSay -Knew about this conference for 18 months, started writing my talk 18 hours before giving it. #ZSLcarnivore
Impacts of climate change for species like snow leopards may depend on whether mountains become more accessible to humans #ZSLcarnivore
Are mesopredators pre-adapted to coexist with humans because they are used to avoiding dominate predators?-@RolandKays #ZSLcarnivore
#ShitAcademicsSay at #ZSLcarnivore Scale......Log-log.......Energetics....
@tigerfoodman sez "Functional Response" #ZSLcarnivore
John DeLong says we need data on kill rates in cheetah. Happens to be subject of my PhD. Expect answer in 5+ years. #ZSLcarnivore
Wait, what? Functional response is important in ecology? You don't say, @Pettorelli Erland Nilsen Philip Stephens John DeLong #ZSLcarnivore
#ZSLcarnivore @Pettorelli need more flxibility in modeling to account for individual variability-good thing @AChauvenet will talk about IBMs
Wheee! Third talk in a row to mention functional response. Philip Stephens, Erland Nilsen and @Pettorelli #ZSLcarnivore
In order to understand complex systems, need good data on both predators and prey @Pettorelli #ZSLcarnivore
Yay! Functional response! @Pettorelli #ZSLcarnivore
coming up @Pettorelli talk on individual heterogeneity and predator prey dynamics #ZSLcarnivore
Goats can predict volcanic eruptions #ZSLcarnivore
Beautiful wild dog pics in talk by @RosieWoodroffe at #ZSLcarnivore yesterday. Yes, they do have the best ears.
Another oddly beautiful November day in London at #ZSLcarnivore. Looking forward to talks by @Pettorelli and @AChauvenet this morning.
#Fishers doing remarkably well in cities. They eat a lot of squirrels, avoid rush hour @RolandKays #ZSLcarnivore
Some carnivores are already adapted for life with humans while others are changing their behavior to deal with us @RolandKays #ZSLcarnivore
#Cheetah cub survival is 7x higher in the Kalahari than in the #Serengeti. Gus Mills at #ZSLcarnivore
Fruit forms 23% of Brown Hyena diet. #mammalfact from Gus Mills #ZSLcarnivore
#Cougar kittens are squeaky-video from @ChrisWilmers produces aawwws from hardened scientists at #ZSLcarnivore
Rodenticide turning up in National Parks in Western US, probably due to pot growing. #ZSLcarnivore @ChrisWilmers
Rodenticide kills rodents but also causes mange in carnivores in Western US. #ZSLcarnivore @ChrisWilmers
Via @ChrisWilmers Pumas have the largest latitudinal range of any mammal, Patagonia to SE Alaska. #ZSLcarnivore #mammalfacts
Continuing my very belated tweets about #ZSLcarnivore yesterday- @ChrisWilmers talk on suburban pumas
Dik-diks can be an important food source for wild dogs when they have pups in the den. #ZSLcarnivore @RosieWoodroffe
Wild dogs are sensitive to heat. Reproduction and hunting activities are limited by temperature. #ZSLcarnivore @RosieWoodroffe
The average pack of wild dogs weighs less than one adult male lion. #mammalfact #ZSLcarnivore via @RosieWoodroffe
Some belated #mammalfacts from #ZSLcarnivore yesterday. Elephant seals dive butt first.
Shocking stat RT @J__me: African wild dogs have been lost from up to 93% of land they formerly inhabited - @RosieWoodroffe #ZSLcarnivore