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Environmental determinants of habitat and kill site selection in a large carnivore: scale matters
Abstract
Scale influences habitat selection. We used data from 30 global positioning system radiocollared lions (Panthera leo) collected between 2003 and 2007 in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, and information from 227 locations where lions had made kills, to assess how lions select habitat at 3rd-order habitat selection (selection of habitats within home ranges) and 4th-order habitat selection (selection of kill sites within the habitats used). Within home range, lions preferentially selected bushed grasslands and sites close to water holes, which are both characterized by high prey abundance. However, lions preferentially killed in thickets, where prey abundance was not the highest but where prey catchability may be higher because of dense vegetation. Our results support the suggestion that there are different determinants of habitat selection at different scales with prey abundance being the main driver of habitat selection at 3rd-order and prey catchability the main driver at 4rth-order habitat selection.
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“These conditions provide cover for stalking lions and suggest an ambush style of attack, in keeping with findings for lions elsewhere [19,22].”
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“Nevertheless, our recorded prey spectrum differs from other studies that employed similar methods [21,22], and large carcasses (such as the species in focus here) are less likely influenced by these limitations [59].”
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- Authors
- Davidson, Z., Valeix, M., Loveridge, A. J., Hunt, J. E., Johnson, P. J., Madzikanda, H., & Macdonald, D. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Lyon 1 Université (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Davidson, Zeke
- Venue
- Journal of Mammalogy
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2012-06-28
- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 677-685
- ISSN
- 0022-2372 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-1542
- OpenAlex
- W2142775768
- Semantic Scholar
- a2422f1bc4db1aeb3b1810f47ae74f134d62fb3b
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Mammalogy (publishedVersion)
- BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Eppley Foundation for Research
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Keywords
- habitat selection, African lion, lion, prey abundance, waterholes, thicket, home range, large carnivores, Hwange National Park
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