Journal article
Influence of drought on predation of elephant (Loxodonta africana) calves by lions (Panthera leo) in an African wooded savannah
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Data were collected on species killed by lions Panthera leo in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe between 1998 and 2004. Lions killed predominantly large to medium-sized herbivores, concentrating on buffalo Syncerus caffer, elephant Loxodonta africana, giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis, wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus and zebra Equus burchelli. These species made up 83% of all lion kills found and 94% of the biomass of kills actually observed. Elephant calves made up an unusually large proportion o...
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- 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00181.x
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- Journal:
- JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
- Volume:
- 270
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 523-530
- Publication date:
- 2006-11-01
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1469-7998
- ISSN:
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0952-8369
- Source identifiers:
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210945
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- English
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