Small pack size imposes a trade-off between hunting and pup-guarding in the painted hunting dog Lycaon pictus

By F. Courchamp, G. Rasmussen, David W. Macdonald. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Social Psychology

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In Ecology

1. M. Hayward
2. G. Kerley
3. J. O’Brien
4. M. Hofmeyr
5. J. Gascoigne
6. Jennifer E. Smith
7. Ludek Berec
8. Dik Heg

In Genetics

1. M. Hayward
2. G. Kerley
3. J. O’Brien
4. M. Hofmeyr
5. Ludek Berec
6. J. Gascoigne
7. Dik Heg
8. F. Courchamp

In Social Psychology

1. G. Kerley
2. Jennifer E. Smith
3. J. O’Brien
4. Dik Heg
5. Kay E. Holekamp
6. M. Hofmeyr
7. J. Gascoigne
8. Ludek Berec

Citations in the corpus

• Evolution of Cooperation among Mammalian Carnivores and Its Relevance to Hominin Evolution (2012, background): “Given the nature and distribution of their food resources, contest competition at ungulate carcasses is often intense among carnivores, and access to food is critical to individual fitness (e.g., Carbone et al. 2005; Courchamp, Rasmussen, and Macdonald 2002; Holekamp, Smale, and Szykman 1996).”
• Allee Effects in Ecology and Conservation (2008, background): “If no babysitter is left, pups will suffer high mortality, again often from kleptoparasite species such as hyena and lions (Courchamp et al. 2002).”
• PREY PREFERENCES OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG LYCAON PICTUS (CANIDAE: CARNIVORA): ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSERVATION (2006, background): “The potential risk of injury may further explain the cooperative hunting behavior of wild dogs (Creel and Creel 2002) despite their being capable of capturing all but the largest prey species (Courchamp et al. 2002).”
• Facultative response to a kleptoparasite by the cooperatively breeding pied babbler (2007, unknown): “…have prey kleptoparasitized by lions (Panthera leo) and hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) because there are sufficient group members to effectively defend the catch, whereas small groups are more likely to relinquish a catch to escape the threat of injury (Carbone et al. 1997, 2005; Courchamp et al. 2002).”
• Large group size yields group stability in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher (2005, background): “, 2000; Waterman, 2002), carnivores (Rood, 1990; Clutton-Brock et al., 2001b; Courchamp et al., 2002; Russell et al., 2002; see review Russell, 2004), and primates (e.”
• Feeding success of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in the Serengeti: the effects of group size and kleptoparasitism (2005, background): “Sociality in wild dogs may improve hunting success (van Orsdal, 1984; Scheel & Packer, 1991; Creel & Creel, 1995; Creel, 1997), ability to defend kills (Fanshawe & Fitzgibbon, 1993) and breeding success ( Courchamp, Rasmussen & Macdonald, 2002; Malcolm & Marten, 1982), and this has led to the speci”