Crucial importance of pack size in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus

By F. Courchamp, D. Macdonald. 2001

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Small pack size imposes a trade-off between hunting and pup-guarding in the painted hunting dog Lycaon pictus (2002, methodology): “In a previous work, we provided evidence from the literature of the likelihood of a minimum pack size in Lycaon (Courchamp and Macdonald, 2001).”
Allee effects driven by predation (2004, background): “…N. Lipcius © 2004 British Ecological Society, Journal of Applied Ecology , 41 , 801–810 Allee effects have also been shown empirically in cooperative breeders such as African wild dogs Lycaon pictus , where a critical pack size is required for successful reproduction (Courchamp & Macdonald 2001).”
Allee Effects in Ecology and Conservation (2008, background): “African wild dogs have a strongly developed system of cooperative breeding, where a single breeding pair in each pack raise their young with help from other adult relatives in hunting, pup feeding and pup guarding; single pairs are usually unsuccessful at raising pups (Courchamp and Macdonald 2001).”
Prey preferences and dietary overlap amongst Africa's large predators (2008, background): “The energetic limitations of the wild dog means that sub-optimal foraging threatens the persistence of populations and exacerbates pack size limitations (Courchamp & Macdonald 2001).”
Territory and group sizes in Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber): echoes of settlement and reproduction? (2005, background): “Alloparenting has been found to be one of the clear benefits to group territoriality in species such as the long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) (McGowan et al. 2003), meerkat (Suricata suricatta) (Russell et al. 2002) and African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) (Courchamp and Macdonald 2001).”
Multiple Allee effects and population management. (2007, background): “and can, in turn, reduce individual survival and/or fecundity African wild dog; black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris [ 16 ,39]”
The evidence for Allee effects (2009, background): “Although Allee effects were first described in the 1930s (Allee 1931), interest has recently surged in tandem with high profile conservation problems (Stoner and Ray-Culp 2000; Courchamp and Macdonald 2001; Wittmer et al. 2005; Angulo et al. 2007).”