Prey of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the lion (Panthera leo) in the Comoé and Marahoué National Parks, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 231-246

  Bodendorfer, Thomas ^a   Hoppe Dominik, Bernd ^b   Fischer, Frauke ^c   Eduard Linsenmair, Karl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Bhio D Consult   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Como National Park; Ivory Coast; Marahou National Park; Moist savanna; Panthera leo; Panthera pardus; Prey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ECOTONE; FELID; POACHING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; COMOE NATIONAL PARK; COTE D'IVOIRE; MARAHOUE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; AVES; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; FELIDAE; KOBUS; OUREBIA OUREBI; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; PHACOCHOERUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34447256099     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.037     Document Type: Article

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