Comparison of the effects of artificial and natural barriers on large African carnivores: Implications for interspecific relationships and connectivity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 707-715

  Cozzi, Gabriele ^a,b   Broekhuis, Femke ^b,c   Mcnutt, J Weldon ^b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BOTSWANA PREDATOR CONSERVATION TRUST   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Coexistence; Large carnivore guild; Movement pattern; Spatial distribution; Spatial refuge; Sympatric species

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; FELID; GPS; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RADIOTELEMETRY; REFUGE; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CARNIVORA; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LARGE CARNIVORE GUILD; MOVEMENT PATTERN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL REFUGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; COEXISTENCE; LARGE CARNIVORE GUILD; MOVEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL REFUGE; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOTSWANA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 84876300551     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12039     Document Type: Article

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