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| Chris CarboneSummaryAffiliation: Institute of Zoology Country: UK Publications
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Energetic constraints on the diet of terrestrial carnivoresC Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
Nature 402:286-8. 1999..Using a simple energetic model and known invertebrate intake rates, we predict a maximum sustainable mass of 21.5 kg, which matches the point where predators shift from small to large prey...
How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammalsChris Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
Am Nat 165:290-7. 2005..Day ranges increase with group size in carnivores but not in other taxonomic groups...
The costs of carnivoryChris Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Biol 5:e22. 2007..Our approach provides a framework for understanding carnivore energetics, size, and extinction dynamics...
The scaling of abundance in consumers and their resources: implications for the energy equivalence ruleChris Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
Am Nat 170:479-84. 2007..Our model predictions explain several inconsistencies in the observed scaling of vertebrate abundance among ecological and taxonomic groups and provide a broad framework for understanding variation in abundance...
The bigger they come, the harder they fall: body size and prey abundance influence predator-prey ratiosChris Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London, UK
Biol Lett 7:312-5. 2011....
A common rule for the scaling of carnivore densityChris Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
Science 295:2273-6. 2002..75, and that the scaling rule can predict population density across more than three orders of magnitude. The relationship provides a basis for identifying declining carnivore species that require conservation measures...
Intra-guild competition and its implications for one of the biggest terrestrial predators, Tyrannosaurus rexChris Carbone
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
Proc Biol Sci 278:2682-90. 2011..rex and other extremely large carnivorous dinosaurs would have been unable to compete as obligate scavengers and would have primarily hunted large vertebrate prey, similar to many large mammalian carnivores in modern-day ecosystems...
Energy availability and density estimates in African ungulatesNathalie Pettorelli
Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
Am Nat 173:698-704. 2009....
Space-use scaling and home range overlap in primatesFiona Pearce
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
Proc Biol Sci 280:20122122. 2013..We conclude that home range overlap is somewhat predictable, but the theoretical basis of animal space use remains patchy...
Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypothesesNick J B Isaac
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
Ecol Lett 13:728-35. 2010..We conclude that current theories are inadequate to explain the full range of metabolic scaling patterns observed in nature...
Parallels between playbacks and Pleistocene tar seeps suggest sociality in an extinct sabretooth cat, SmilodonChris Carbone
Zoological Society of London, Regent s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
Biol Lett 5:81-5. 2009..The predominance of Smilodon and other striking similarities between playbacks and the fossil record support the conclusion that Smilodon was social...
The scaling of animal space useWalter Jetz
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 1003, USA
Science 306:266-8. 2004..In large mammals, over 90% of available resources may be lost to neighbors. Our model offers a general framework to understand animal space use and sociality...
The scaling of diving time budgets: insights from an optimality approachPhilip A Stephens
Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TW, United Kingdom
Am Nat 171:305-14. 2008..Our results illustrate the utility of an optimality approach for developing predictions and identifying key areas for empirical research on the allometry of diving behavior...
