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

Carnivores play a central role in ecosystem processes by exerting top-down control, while fire exerts bottom-up control in ecosystems throughout the world, yet, little is known about how fire affects short-term carnivore distributions across the landscape. Through the use of a long-term data set we...

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Main Author: Stephanie EBY, Anna MOSSER, Craig PACKER, Mark RITCHIE, Ali SWANSON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2013-06-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12245