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3 summaries matching “cheetah” in Movement Ecology & Tracking
Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs
PaperWilson and colleagues fitted free-ranging cheetahs with custom collars carrying GPS and inertial sensors to capture the biomechanics of hunting in the wild rather than on a track. The data overturned…
Alan M. Wilson, J. C. Lowe, K. Roskilly, P. E. Hudson, K. A. Golabek, J. W. McNutt · Nature · 2013
Research overview: cheetah coalition formation and male dispersal
OverviewCheetah social and spatial organization is unusual among cats: males often form lifelong coalitions, frequently of brothers, while females range solitarily over large areas, and this overview examines…
Research overview: cheetah ranging in Namibian farmland
OverviewNamibia holds one of the largest cheetah populations, much of it on commercial and communal farmland outside protected areas, and this overview synthesizes telemetry research on how cheetahs range acr…