Scale-dependent foraging costs: Habitat use by rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) determined using giving-up densities

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-525

  Druce, Dave J ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   Castley, J Guy ^c,f   Kerley, Graham I H ^d   Kotler, Burt P ^e   Slotow, Rob ^a   Knight, Mike H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GORGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; MAMMAL; OUTCROP; PREDATION RISK; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; AUGRABIES FALLS NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 33751239774     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15179.x     Document Type: Article

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