Factors affecting the hunting success of male and female lions in the Kruger National Park

By P. Funston, M. Mills, H. Biggs. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Small Animals

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Effects of hunting group size, snow depth and age on the success of wolves hunting moose (2006, background): “…such as season, type of habitat and weather characteristics have also proved to be important for hunting success, and therefore for kill rates of carnivore species (Kruuk 1972; Stander & Albon 1993; Funston et al. 2001; Mech et al. 1971, 1991, 2001; Hebblewhite et al. 2002; Mech & Peterson 2004).”
Habitat use and movements of plains zebra (Equus burchelli) in response to predation danger from lions (2007, background): “We confirmed that lions were more active at night, as found in other studies (Schaller 1972; Elliott et al. 1977; Funston et al. 2001).”
Planning for success: Serengeti lions seek prey accessibility rather than abundance (2005, background): “Habitat selection by carnivores has been investigated by various authors (Litvaitis et al . 1986; Crawshaw & Quigley 1991; Murray et al . 1994; Kurki et al . 1998; Meyer, Irwin & Boyce 1998; Thom et al . 1998; Gros & Rejmanek 1999; Pike et al . 1999; Funston, Mills & Biggs 2001; Glenz et al . 2001”
African ungulates and their drinking problems: hunting and predation risks constrain access to water (2012, unknown): “3% of encounters between impala and lion lead to hunts (Funston et al. 2001).”
Faced with a choice, sparrowhawks more often attack the more vulnerable prey group (2004, background): “Lions Panthera leo prefer to attack small groups close to cover (Scheel 1993) and this increases their capture probability (Funston et al. 2001).”
Nonlinear effects of group size on the success of wolves hunting elk (2012, background): “There is evidence that inept predators (e.g., juveniles) reduce the magnitude of Hn (Creel S and Creel NM 1995; Funston et al. 2001), but the extent to which they change its slope (i.e., from positive to zero or negative slope) remains untested.”
Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo (2009, background): “Although hunting success increases slightly with the size of the hunting group (Schaller 1972; Elliot et al. 1977; Van Orsdol 1984; Stander & Albon 1993; Funston et al. 2001), lions often opt out of a group-hunt (Scheel & Packer 1991) and actual hunting success, for groups of more than two, fails to”
What best explains vigilance in elk: characteristics of prey, predators, or the environment? (2008, background): “Several studies of hunting success have found that as the number of individuals in the predator group increases so does the probability of making a kill (Creel and Creel 1995; Funston et al. 2001; but see Thurber and Peterson 1993; Schmidt and Mech 1997).”
Lion hunting behaviour and vegetation structure in an African savanna (2013, unknown): “In southern Kruger, mixed-sex hunting groups accounted for less than 3% of 210 observed kills (Funston et al. 2001).”
Microhabitat selection by Eurasian lynx and its implications for species conservation (2008, background): “However, large-scale approaches may disregard fine-scale landscape patterns that can benefit the predator population through increasing carrying capacity of the habitat (Litvaitis et al. 1996, Funston et al. 2001, Fernandez et al. 2003).”