Heading for the hills: risk avoidance drives den site selection in African wild dogs.

Heading for the hills: risk avoidance drives den site selection in African wild dogs.

Compared to their main competitors, African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) have inferior competitive abilities and interspecific competition is a serious fitness-limiting factor. Lions (Panthera leo) are the dominant large carnivore in African savannah ecosystems and wild dogs avoid them both spatially a...

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Main Authors: Craig R Jackson, R John Power, Rosemary J Groom, Emmanuel H Masenga, Ernest E Mjingo, Robert D Fyumagwa, Eivin Røskaft, Harriet Davies-Mostert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24918935/?tool=EBI

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