Patterns of scavenger arrival at cheetah kills in Serengeti National Park Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-281

  Hunter, J S ^a   Durant, S M ^b,c   Caro, T M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Carcass detectability; Interspecific competition; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREY LOCATION; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

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

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548046462     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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