The impact of burning on lion Panthera leo habitat choice in an African savanna

Current Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-339

  Eby, Stephanie ^a   Mosser, Anna ^b,c   Swanson, Ali ^b   Packer, Craig ^b   Ritchie, Mark ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire; Habitat distribution; Lions; Predator prey interactions; Protected area management; Savannas

Indexed keywords

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 84876760890     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/59.3.335     Document Type: Article

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