Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7453, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Wilson, A M ^a   Lowe, J C ^a   Roskilly, K ^a   Hudson, P E ^a,c   Golabek, K A ^b,d   McNutt, J W ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BOTSWANA PREDATOR CONSERVATION TRUST   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FELID; GPS; HABITAT; HUNTING; LOCOMOTION; PREDATOR; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOTSWANA; BRACE; CHEETAH; DECELERATION; DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACKING COLLAR; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BOTSWANA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR SKILLS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

BOTSWANA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878963299     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12295     Document Type: Article

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