Effects of vegetation structure on the location of lion kill sites in African thicket

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Davies, Andrew B ^a   Tambling, Craig J ^b   Kerley, Graham I H ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; LION; PREDATOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TELEMETRY; VEGETATION; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIONS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84962514253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149098     Document Type: Article

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