Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus)

By M. Hayward, P. Henschel, J. O’Brien, M. Hofmeyr, G. Balme, G. Kerley. 2006

622 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals

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In Ecology

1. M. Hayward
2. G. Kerley
3. P. Taberlet
4. É. Coissac
5. J. O’Brien
6. M. Hofmeyr
7. F. Pompanon
8. L. T. Hunter

In Genetics

1. M. Hayward
2. G. Kerley
3. J. O’Brien
4. M. Hofmeyr
5. P. Taberlet
6. F. Pompanon
7. P. Wegge
8. L. T. Hunter

In Small Animals

1. M. Hayward
2. G. Kerley
3. J. O’Brien
4. Gina J. Hayward
5. M. Hofmeyr
6. D. Druce
7. L. T. Hunter
8. S. R. Jnawali

Citations in the corpus

• Leopard prey choice in the Congo Basin rainforest suggests exploitative competition with human bushmeat hunters (2011, background): “Despite a celebrated ability to exploit prey ranging from arthropods to elands (Kingdon, 1977), leopard diet is generally dominated by medium-sized ungulates with a weight range of 10–40 kg (Hayward et al., 2006), and leopard population density is strongly and positively correlated to the biomass of”
• Do tigers displace leopards? If so, why? (2010, background): “…and leopard competition would probably not be exploitative, firstly, because the study area sustained very high densities of medium-sized ungulates (Wegge et al. 2009; Støen andWegge 1996), which are suitable prey for leopards (Odden and Wegge 2005, 2009; Hayward et al. 2006; Wegge et al. 2009).”
• Feeding behaviour and bone utilization by theropod dinosaurs (2009, background): “Small prey of a given species is also typically preferred over larger individuals by such diverse predators as leopards (Hayward et al. 2006), hunting dogs (Fuller & Kat 1993), bluefish (Scharf et al. 1998) and several invertebrates (Barbeau & Scheibling 1994) or simply small prey in general (e.g.…”
• Panthera pardus (Carnivora: Felidae) (2013, background): “Although it prefers prey within the range of 10–40 kg, in the absence of larger competitors, it may feed on larger prey (Hayward et al. 2006; Stein 2008).”
• The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa (2008, background): “…the spotted hyaena (56–182 kg; Hayward 2006) primarily hunt medium sized and large ungulates and also overlap in prey preferences (Hayward 2006), whereas cheetah and leopards rely on hunting somewhat smaller prey (cheetah: 23–56 kg, Hayward et al. 2006a; leopard: 10–40 kg, Hayward et al. 2006b).”
• Forest without prey: livestock sustain a leopard Panthera pardus population in Pakistan (2014, background): “There are conflicting reports about leopard predation on primates from different parts of its range in Asia and Africa (Kummer et al., 1981; Cowlishaw, 1994; Isbell, 1994; Nowell & Jackson, 1996; Zuberbühler & Jenny, 2002; Hayward et al., 2006).”
• 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): “…of significantly preferred prey, which has been shown to improve relationships between lion density and prey biomass (Hayward and Kerley 2005; Hayward 2006; Hayward et al. 2006, 2007e) and therefore probably home range size, because data on the biomass of individual species were rarely available.”
• Coexistence of the tiger and the common leopard in a prey-rich area: the role of prey partitioning (2015, background): “, 2011) and these species fit within its preferred prey weight range (Hayward et al., 2006; Lovari et al., 2013b).”
• Snow leopard Panthera uncia predation on livestock and wild prey in a mountain valley in northern Nepal: implications for conservation management (2012, background): “Higher values are reported for lowland leopards Panthera pardus (Bailey 1993, Hayward et al. 2006).”