Hunting behaviour in West African forest leopards

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-200

  Jenny, David ^a,b,d   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Suot Aquadotas ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Monkey alarm calls; Predation; Selective hunting; Ta forest

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAI FOREST; WEST AFRICA;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 28244439814     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2005.00565.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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