Factors influencing the hunting success of an African wild dog pack

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 479-490

  Fanshawe, John H ^a,b   Fitzgibbon, Clare D ^a,c  

^a Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN WILD DOG; BLUE WILDEBEEST; GAZELLE; HUNTING SUCCESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPOTTED HYAENA; THOMSON'S GAZELLE; WILD DOG; WILDEBEEST;

TANZANIA, SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA THOMSONII; HYAENA; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 0027384840     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1993.1059     Document Type: Article

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