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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Movement, activity and hunting behaviour of leopards in the Cederberg mountains, South Africa
African Journal of Ecology, Volume 51, No. 4, Year 2013
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Few data are available on the behaviour of leopards in the absence of competing large predators and human impact, both of which are believed to influence leopard activity and movements. Remote camera traps and global positioning system (GPS) collars were used to quantify leopard activity in the Cederberg Mountains, seasonal and sexual differences in their movements, and determine whether nocturnal hunting success was related to lunar activity. Seventy-seven per cent of camera-trap photographs were at night, with a strong male bias (69%) in captures. Daily displacement using one location per day suggested that males moved significantly further than females. However, multiple locations (≥6 per day) showed no difference because males moved in a more linear fashion, but not further each day, than females. In the Cederberg Mountains, an open rocky habitat with low human impact and no competing predators, leopards were predominantly nocturnal, mainly hunting diurnal prey species. Hunting success was low: leopards travelled long distances between kills, with nocturnal hunting success higher on darker nights. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Martins, Quinton E.
South Africa, Cape Town
The Cape Leopard Trust
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Harris, Stephen J.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/aje.12068
ISSN:
01416707
e-ISSN:
13652028
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female