Hard boundaries influence African wild dogs' diet and prey selection

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1358-1366

  Davies Mostert, Harriet T ^a,b   Mills, Michael G L ^a,c   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^c The Lewis Foundation   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African wild dogs; Body condition; Compensatory predation; Diet; Fences; Lycaon pictus; Prey selection; Small reserves

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMASS; CANID; DIET; FEMALE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; REINTRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 84887606267     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12129     Document Type: Article

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