Plenty of prey, few predators: What limits lions panthera leo in katavi national park, western Tanzania?

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-59

  Kiffner, Christian ^a   Meyer, Britta ^b   Mühlenberg, Michael ^a   Waltert, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Katavi Rukwa Conservation and Development Programme (KRCD)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Herbivore prey; Katavi National Park; Lion; Panthera leo; Playback survey; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; HUNTING; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KATAVI NATIONAL PARK; RUKWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 67749088920     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307002335     Document Type: Article

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