Home range utilisation and territorial behaviour of lions (Panthera leo) on Karongwe Game Reserve, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lehmann, Monika B ^a,b   Funston, Paul J ^a   Owen, Cailey R ^b,c   Slotow, Rob ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Keri Research   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HOME RANGE; LION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMETRY; TERRITORIALITY; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

PANTHERA LEO;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMETRY; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 58049206816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003998     Document Type: Article

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