The Mesopredator Hustle
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The Mesopredator Hustle
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Author : Leigh Kimmel
language : en
Publisher: Starship Cat Press
Release Date : 2025-06-15
The Mesopredator Hustle written by Leigh Kimmel and has been published by Starship Cat Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-15 with Fiction categories.
A dying star, and a station harvesting its planetary nebula for resources vital to a centuries-old war. Amidst this beautiful but deadly stellar environment, a spy has infiltrated the star-lifting operations, creating "accidents" to take the lives of the crew. Can two troubleshooters from Engineering, one a human and the other a member of the feline Chongu, track down the killer when Security is certain the real problem is carelessness? A short story of the Chongu Empire.
Time Enough To Spy
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Author : Leigh Kimmel
language : en
Publisher: Starship Cat Press
Release Date : 2025-08-07
Time Enough To Spy written by Leigh Kimmel and has been published by Starship Cat Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-08-07 with Fiction categories.
A spy has at long last come in from the cold -- but all is not as it seems. The longer his debriefing continues, the more uneasy he becomes. In particular, how can he reconcile his presence here with the impossibility of both rescue and escape from a polity with the power to remodel the bodies of their subjects at will? What secret hides behind those cool professional faces of the agents who briefed him so long ago? Has he been induced to betray all he was sent to protect? A short story of the Madrian Empire.
The Interface Of Risk And Reward
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Author : Mitchell J. Brunet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
The Interface Of Risk And Reward written by Mitchell J. Brunet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Coyote categories.
In many ecological systems, the influence of top-down and bottom-up effects is variable, with both factors interacting to shape inter-species relationships. Mesopredators occur at an interface in the trophic pathway, where the search for resources, or reward, is dictated by the risk of predation imposed by other predators, and by fluctuations in the availability of prey. Embracing this unique positioning allows us to leverage interactions involving mesopredators to inform expectations of broader scale processes responsible for shaping community-level dynamics. We explicitly targeted the interactions involving mesopredators on either end of the trophic scale. First, we evaluated how a mesopredator navigates the risk imposed by an apex predator while accessing resources provided in the form of carrion. Second, we evaluated how a mesopredator responds to rapid decreases in the abundance of primary prey, and the corresponding consequences for alternative prey. Coyotes (Canis latrans) generally avoided the habitat occupied by apex predators but displayed clear patterns of scavenging at kills made by the larger predator. Coyotes continued to occupy primary prey habitat despite decreasing prey abundance, with prey habitat overlap likely playing a primary role in the extent of prey-switching toward alternative prey. Together, this research provides further context for understanding interactions involving mesopredators and sheds light on the significance of this unique trophic level for multi-species interactions and larger community dynamics.