Large carnivore menus: factors affecting hunting decisions by cheetahs in the Serengeti

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-659

  Cooper, Andrew B ^a   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^b   Durant, Sarah M ^b,c,d  

^a Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; cheetah; discrete choice models; predation; prey selection; Serengeti

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FELID; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34047140304     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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