Changes in mesopredator-community structure in response to urbanization

By S. Prange, S. Gehrt. 2004

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Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation. (2009, background): “The studies of Lariviere (2004) and Prange & Gehrt (2004) provide evidence that the expansion in range of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) in parts of North America is probably attributable to urbanization and increased food availability rather than decline of apex predators.”
Mesopredator spatial and temporal responses to large predators and human development in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California (2015, result): “This corroborates previous research highlighting the coyote’s ability to thrive in anthropogenic ecosystems (Bateman and Fleming, 2012; Prange and Gehrt, 2004), which provides further confirmation that they may be an emergent apex predator in developed areas.”
Mesopredators dominate competition for carrion in an agricultural landscape (2011, background): “Mesopredators, however, often thrive in fragmented, human-altered landscapes (Oehler & Litvaitis 1996), due to the loss of top predators (reviewed in Ritchie & Johnson 2009) or increases in food availability (Litvaitis & Villafuerte 1996; Prange & Gehrt 2004).”
Shifts in bat community structure related to evolved traits and features of human-altered landscapes (2008, background): “Additionally, bats may experience higher densities of mesocarnivore predators, such as raccoons (Procyon lotor), in urban areas (Prange et al. 2003; Sparks et al. 2003; Prange and Gehrt 2004).”
Big city life: carnivores in urban environments (2012, background): “Densities, however, do not generally seem to differ between urban and rural locations (Gehrt, 2004; Prange & Gehrt, 2004), suggesting either an inability to make extensive use of anthropogenic resources as successfully as other carnivore species or some other constraints.”
Adaptability and vulnerability of high flying Neotropical aerial insectivorous bats to urbanization (2011, background): “Some species of wildlife are capable to adjust to urban conditions as they can exploit refuse as food and man-made structures as roost sites (e.g. Bowers & Breland, 1996; Fedriani et al., 2001; McKinney, 2002; Prange & Gehrt, 2004; Prange et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2006).”