Seasonal diet and prey selection of black-backed jackals on a small-livestock farm in South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Kamler, Jan F ^a   Klare, Unn ^b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canis mesomelas; Domestic sheep; Food habits; Livestock; Springbok; Steenbok

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANID; DIET; FECES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAGOMORPH; LIVESTOCK; PREY SELECTION; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SHEEP; UNGULATE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS MESOMELAS; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PEDETES CAPENSIS; PEDETIDAE; RAPHICERUS; RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84864383758     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2012.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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