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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Environmental determinants of habitat and kill site selection in a large carnivore: Scale matters
Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 93, No. 3, Year 2012
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Description
Scale influences habitat selection. We used data from 30 global positioning system radiocollared lions (Panthera leo) collected between 2003 and 2007 in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, and information from 227 locations where lions had made kills, to assess how lions select habitat at 3rd-order habitat selection (selection of habitats within home ranges) and 4th-order habitat selection (selection of kill sites within the habitats used). Within home range, lions preferentially selected bushed grasslands and sites close to water holes, which are both characterized by high prey abundance. However, lions preferentially killed in thickets, where prey abundance was not the highest but where prey catchability may be higher because of dense vegetation. Our results support the suggestion that there are different determinants of habitat selection at different scales with prey abundance being the main driver of habitat selection at 3rd-order and prey catchability the main driver at 4rth-order habitat selection. © 2012 American Society of Mammalogists.
Authors & Co-Authors
Davidson, Zeke
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Valeix, Marion
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Loveridge, Andrew J.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Hunt, Jane E.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Johnson, Paul James
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Madzikanda, Hillary
Zimbabwe, Causeway
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
Macdonald, David W.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Statistics
Citations: 90
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1644/10-MAMM-A-424.1
ISSN:
00222372
e-ISSN:
15451542
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Zimbabwe