An objective approach to determining the weight ranges of prey preferred by and accessible to the five large African carnivores.

Broad-scale models describing predator prey preferences serve as useful departure points for understanding predator-prey interactions at finer scales. Previous analyses used a subjective approach to identify prey weight preferences of the five large African carnivores, hence their accuracy is questi...

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Main Authors: Hayley S Clements, Craig J Tambling, Matt W Hayward, Graham I H Kerley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4079238?pdf=render