- Title
- Do spotted hyaenas outcompete the big cats in a small, enclosed system in South Africa?:
- Creator
- Comley, Jessica, Joubert, Christoffel J, Mgqatsa, Nokubonga, Parker, Daniel M
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150099
- Identifier
- vital:38940
- Identifier
- doi:10.1111/jzo.12772
- Description
- Carnivores are adapted to kill, meaning sympatric carnivores can have particularly aggressive and harmful competitive interactions. The co‐existence of multiple carnivores in an ecosystem could be restricted by their similarity in ecological niches (e.g. dietary overlap); however, high prey abundances could facilitate their co‐existence. Although the development of small, enclosed reserves (over 400 km2) in South Africa has reduced human–carnivore conflict, these systems may increase the likelihood of carnivore intra‐guild competition due to the clumping of competing carnivores into these restricted spaces. Using carnivore scat and kill site analyses, we determined the dietary preferences and overlap of sympatric large carnivores in a small, enclosed reserve, Selati Game Reserve (Selati).
- Format
- 9 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Zoology, Comley, J., Joubert, C.J., Mgqatsa, N. and Parker, D.M., 2020. Do spotted hyaenas outcompete the big cats in a small, enclosed system in South Africa?. Journal of Zoology, 311, pp. 145-153. doi:10.1111/jzo.12772, Journal of Zoology volume 311 number 145 153 February 2020 0952-8369
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