Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-370

  Mosser, Anna ^a   Packer, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; competition; evolution; fission fusion; geographical information system; group territoriality; lion; Panthera leo; sociality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FELID; FITNESS; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIONAL PARK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY; WOUNDING;

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

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 68349141656     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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