Space use in lions, Panthera leo, in the Selous Game Reserve: social and ecological factors

By G. Spong. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Small Animals

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In Ecology

1. M. Hayward
2. Rob Slotow
3. L. T. Hunter
4. G. Kerley
5. G. Balme
6. J. Linnell
7. Gina J. Hayward
8. E. Nilsen

In Small Animals

1. M. Hayward
2. Rob Slotow
3. G. Kerley
4. J. Linnell
5. L. T. Hunter
6. G. Balme
7. Gina J. Hayward
8. R. Andersen

Citations in the corpus

• Ranging behavior of the mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: a test of the ecological constraints model (2005, background): “Food availability and distribution also significantly influence home range size in social carnivores such as lions (Panthera leo) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) (Macdonald 1983; Lucherini and Lovari 1996; Spong 2002).”
• Habitat heterogeneity and mammalian predator–prey interactions (2012, background): “This might explain the pattern that shows a correlation between kill rates and prey density at the landscape scale (Hopcraft et al. 2005, Zub et al. 2008) and supports the theory of prey density-dependent kill rates (Palomares et al. 2001, Spong 2002).”
• Do fences constrain predator movements on an evolutionary scale? Home range, food intake and movement patterns of large predators reintroduced to Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa (2009, background): “Previous studies on predator home ranges have also concluded this (Spong 2002; Hemson 2003).”
• Planning for success: Serengeti lions seek prey accessibility rather than abundance (2005, background): “One possibility is simply to hunt where prey are most abundant (as described for numerous carnivores: Litvaitis, Sherburne & Bissonette 1986; Murray, Boutin & O’Donoghue 1994; Thom et al . 1998; Pike et al . 1999; Palomares et al . 2001; Spong 2002 ).”
• Feeding habitat selection by hunting leopards Panthera pardus in a woodland savanna: prey catchability versus abundance (2007, result): “In contrast, a number of studies (Litvaitis et al. 1986; Murray et al. 1994; Thom et al. 1998; Pike et al. 1999; Palomares et al. 2001; Spong 2002) have shown that some predators select for feeding habitat according to prey abundance.”
• Prey density, environmental productivity and home-range size in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) (2005, result): “In contrast, a range of other studies has also failed to find this habitat – homerange size relationship (striped skunk Mephitis mephitis, Bixler & Gittleman, 2000; African wild dog Lycaon pictus, Creel & Creel, 2002; lions Panthera leo, Spong, 2002).”
• Ecological and social factors affect the occurrence and outcomes of intergroup encounters in chimpanzees (2012, unknown): “2011); lions spend more time in parts of their range where prey are more abundant (Spong 2002), and a wide range of marine predators follow travel patterns that appear to maximize the chance of encountering prey (Sims et al.”