Additive opportunistic capture explains group hunting benefits in African wild dogs
African wild dogs hunt collaboratively over long distances in grassland plains. Hubel et al. use high-resolution GPS to show that in their remaining habitat of mixed woodland savannah, African wild dogs use multiple opportunistic short-distance hunts, with no evidence of cooperative chasing.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11033 |