Population demography and spatial ecology of a reintroduced lion population in the Greater Makalali Conservancy, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-118

  Druce, D ^a   Genis, Heleen ^a   Braak, J ^b   Greatwood, Sophie ^a   Delsink, Audrey ^a   Kettles, R ^b   Hunter, L ^a   Slotow, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Makalali Private Game Reserve   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Core range; Home range; Movement patterns; Reproduction; Territory

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FELID; HOME RANGE; MOBILITY; PROTECTED AREA; REINTRODUCTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; GREATER MAKALALI CONSERVANCY; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 3242708013     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v47i1.64     Document Type: Article

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