Temporal partitioning of activity in large african carnivores: Tests of multiple hypotheses

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-125

  Hayward, Matt W ^a,b   Slotow, Rob ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition avoidance; Interference competition; Niche segregation; Optimality theory; Predator avoidance; Temporal refuge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; CARNIVORE; DIETARY OVERLAP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; HYAENA; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 75649137322     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.039.0207     Document Type: Article

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