Does size matter? An investigation of habitat use across a carnivore assemblage in the Serengeti, Tanzania

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1012-1022

  Durant, Sarah M ^a,b,c   Craft, Meggan E ^d   Foley, Charles ^a,b,c   Hampson, Katie ^d   Lobora, Alex L ^a,b   Msuha, Maurus ^a,b   Eblate, Ernest ^e   Bukombe, John ^b,e   Mchetto, John ^e   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e TAWIRI   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Canidae; Carnivore biodiversity; Coexistence; East Africa; Felidae; Habitat use; Herpestidae; Hyaenidae; Macroecology; Mustelidae

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MAMMAL; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SIZE;

TANZANIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 79952028190     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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