Feeding success in African wild dogs: Does kleptoparasitism by spotted hyenas influence hunting group size?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 318-326

  Carbone, C ^a,b   Du Toit, J T ^a,b   Gordon, I J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition; group size; hyena; kleptoparasitism; predators; wild dog

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN WILD DOG; GROUP SIZE; HUNTING BEHAVIOUR; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SPOTTED HYAENA;

TANZANIA, SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 0030619967     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5978     Document Type: Article

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