An empirical and experimental test of risk and costs of kleptoparasitism for African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) inside and outside a protected area

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 985-992

  Van Der Meer, Ester ^a,c   Moyo, Mkhalalwa ^a   Rasmussen, Gregory S A ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^b,c  

^a Hwange National Park   (Zambia)

^b Hwange National Park   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

African wild dog; foraging efficiency; habitat choice; interspecific competition; kleptoparasitism; predator competition

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BUFFER ZONE; CANID; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDGE EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY CAPTURE; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 80052191668     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr079     Document Type: Article

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