Carrying capacity of large African predators : Predictions and tests

By M. Hayward, J. O’Brien, G. Kerley. 2007

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Practical Considerations for the Reintroduction of Large, Terrestrial, Mammalian Predators Based on Reintroductions to South Africa's Eastern Cape Province (2007, background): “Recent research may be able to provide estimates however [53].”
Female tiger Panthera tigris home range size and prey abundance: important metrics for management (2014, background): “Schaller (1972), Orsdol et al. (1985) and Hayward et al. (2007) also demonstrated this relationship for large African felids.”
Big cats kill more livestock when wild prey reaches a minimum threshold (2015, background): “Population density of felids and other carnivores is positively related to prey biomass and this relationship is so strong that it allows estimating carnivore densities and carrying capacity from current prey resources (Carbone and Gittleman, 2002; Hayward et al., 2007; Carbone et al., 2011).”
Prey preferences and dietary overlap amongst Africa's large predators (2008, background): “…smaller species (Hayward & Kerley 2005; Hayward 2006; Hayward et al. 2006c) and, given the relationships between predator density and prey biomass, when the preferred prey of these species increases in abundance so will the predators (van Orsdol et al.1985;Fuller et al.1992; Hayward et al. 2007d).”
Large carnivore impacts are context-dependent (2017, background): “Bottom-up factors however influence population densities of herbivores and consequently their predators (East 1984; Hayward et al. 2007).”
Leopard prey choice in the Congo Basin rainforest suggests exploitative competition with human bushmeat hunters (2011, background): “Large predators like leopards are limited by prey availability (Hayward et al., 2007), and for food-limited species, the degree of dietary niche overlap provides evidence for the occurrence of exploitative competition (Hayward & Kerley, 2008).”
Challenges and science-based implications for modern management and conservation of European ungulate populations (2017, background): “This problem is more pronounced at high latitudes, where productivity is low (Melis et al. 2009) and will lead to reduced predator carrying capacity (Hayward et al. 2007).”
Impact of conservation interventions on the dynamics and persistence of a persecuted leopard (Panthera pardus) population (2009, methodology): “MICROMORT estimates mortality rates according to the total number of radio-transmitter days for which collared animals are monitored, and the number of deaths occurring during the monitoring interval (Heisey and Fuller, 1985).”