Influence of prey dispersion on territory and group size of African lions: a test of the resource dispersion hypothesis

Empirical tests of the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH), a theory to explain group living based on resource heterogeneity, have been complicated by the fact that resource patch dispersion and richness have proved difficult to define and measure in natural systems. Here, we studied the ecology of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology (Durham) 2012-11, Vol.93 (11), p.2490-2496
Hauptverfasser:	Valeix, Marion, Loveridge, Andrew J., Macdonald, David W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal behavior Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Artiodactyla Biological and medical sciences Biomass data collection Demography Ecology Ecosystem Elephants Environmental Sciences Equidae felid Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Group size Herbivores Herbivory - physiology Herds home range Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe Landscape ecology landscapes Lion hunting Lions Lions - physiology Male Mammalia Models, Biological National parks Natural resources Natural resources conservation Panthera leo Predation prediction sociality spatial ecology Territoriality Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution waterholes Wildcats
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