Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis.
We test two hypotheses that could account for patch departure by large mammalian carnivores. One hypothesis is the unsuccessful-hunt hypothesis, where carnivores leave an area after an unsuccessful hunt but continue hunting in the same area after a successful hunt. The second hypothesis is the patch...
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| author | Valeix, M Chamaillé-Jammes, S Loveridge, A Davidson, Z Hunt, J Madzikanda, H Macdonald, D |
| author_facet | Valeix, M Chamaillé-Jammes, S Loveridge, A Davidson, Z Hunt, J Madzikanda, H Macdonald, D |
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| description | We test two hypotheses that could account for patch departure by large mammalian carnivores. One hypothesis is the unsuccessful-hunt hypothesis, where carnivores leave an area after an unsuccessful hunt but continue hunting in the same area after a successful hunt. The second hypothesis is the patch-disturbance hypothesis, where carnivores depart the area after a successful hunt because of behavioral responses of prey to predator presence. We used global positioning system collars to monitor the movements of African lions (Panthera leo) and identified their kill sites to distinguish between these two hypotheses. Lions moved to a different area (≥ 5 km away) after 87% of the kills, which supports the patch-disturbance hypothesis for patch-departure behavior of large mammalian carnivores. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9bb2b808-cba8-4746-bf25-d3a07916f2802022-03-27T00:30:37ZUnderstanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9bb2b808-cba8-4746-bf25-d3a07916f280EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Valeix, MChamaillé-Jammes, SLoveridge, ADavidson, ZHunt, JMadzikanda, HMacdonald, DWe test two hypotheses that could account for patch departure by large mammalian carnivores. One hypothesis is the unsuccessful-hunt hypothesis, where carnivores leave an area after an unsuccessful hunt but continue hunting in the same area after a successful hunt. The second hypothesis is the patch-disturbance hypothesis, where carnivores depart the area after a successful hunt because of behavioral responses of prey to predator presence. We used global positioning system collars to monitor the movements of African lions (Panthera leo) and identified their kill sites to distinguish between these two hypotheses. Lions moved to a different area (≥ 5 km away) after 87% of the kills, which supports the patch-disturbance hypothesis for patch-departure behavior of large mammalian carnivores. |
| spellingShingle | Valeix, M Chamaillé-Jammes, S Loveridge, A Davidson, Z Hunt, J Madzikanda, H Macdonald, D Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis. |
| title | Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis. |
| title_full | Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis. |
| title_fullStr | Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis. |
| title_short | Understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores: lion movements support a patch-disturbance hypothesis. |
| title_sort | understanding patch departure rules for large carnivores lion movements support a patch disturbance hypothesis |
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