Environmental determinants of habitat and kill site selection in a large carnivore: Scale matters

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-685

  Davidson, Zeke ^a   Valeix, Marion ^a,b   Loveridge, Andrew J ^a   Hunt, Jane E ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a   Madzikanda, Hillary ^c   MacDonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

African lion; African savanna; Hwange National Park; Panthera leo; prey abundance; prey catchability; resource selection function; water holes; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; FELID; GPS; HOME RANGE; PREY CAPTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SAVANNA; SITE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 84863699098     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-424.1     Document Type: Article

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