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| Cozzi, G. | |
| Patterns of habitat use and segregation among African large carnivores | |
| 2013 Full Book | |
This work investigated patterns of habitat use and segregation among species of the large African carnivore guild: the African wild dog, the spotted hyena and the lion. In particular, I studied what role temporal and spatial partitioning of activities, respectively, use of space may play in promoting coexistence. The study site was the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, one of the few remaining places in Africa where the three species still co-occur in a pristine and undisturbed ecosystem. In Chapter Two_ _we investigated the degree of temporal segregation between the allegedly diurnal wild dogs and the nocturnal spotted hyenas and lions. Chapter Three_ _demonstrated that the spatial distribution of wild dogs was negatively influenced by the distribution of lions, but not by that of spotted hyenas. In Chapter Four_ _we investigated how the species are affected by and adapt to anthropogenic habitat modification and human activities near the boundary of a protected area. Chapter Five_ _presents density estimates for spotted hyenas and lions in the study area. |
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