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Diet, morphology, and intraguild predation in Carnivora
PaperDonadio and Buskirk tested what predicts the intensity of interactions among carnivores, including both killing and avoidance. Analyzing a broad dataset, they found that intraguild predation and aggre…
Donadio, E. & Buskirk, S.W. · The American Naturalist · 2006
Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores
ReviewPalomares and Caro compiled and analyzed the global record of carnivores killing other carnivores, establishing intraguild predation as a widespread structuring force. They showed that interspecific k…
Palomares, F. & Caro, T.M. · The American Naturalist · 1999
Limitation of African wild dogs by competition with larger carnivores
PaperCreel and Creel demonstrated that African wild dog populations are limited not by prey scarcity but by competition with lions and spotted hyenas, which kill dogs and steal their kills. Analyzing demog…
Creel, S. & Creel, N.M. · Conservation Biology · 1996
Patterns of predation in a diverse predator-prey system
PaperSinclair, Mduma and Brashares tested why some Serengeti ungulate species are regulated by predation while others are limited by food, using long-term data across the migratory and resident herbivore c…
Sinclair, A.R.E., Mduma, S. & Brashares, J.S. · Nature · 2003
Predator-prey size relationships in an African large-mammal food web
PaperOwen-Smith and Mills assembled a detailed predation web for Kruger National Park, quantifying which predators kill which prey and in what proportions across the size spectrum. They mapped how lion, le…
Owen-Smith, N. & Mills, M.G.L. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2008
Research overview: ambush versus pursuit hunting modes in felids
OverviewA survey of the two principal felid hunting strategies, stalk-and-ambush used by most cats and the high-speed pursuit of the cheetah, and their ecological consequences. Ambush predators rely on cover…
Research overview: intraguild predation between felids and canids
OverviewA survey of the lethal interactions between cats and dogs that share prey and space, a major structuring force in carnivore communities. Lions and hyenas kill wild dogs and cheetahs; pumas and coyotes…
Research overview: prey escape tactics and felid capture success
OverviewA survey of the anti-predator escape behaviors prey use once detected or attacked by cats and how they determine the outcome of a hunt. Prey employ rapid acceleration, unpredictable zig-zagging, stott…
Research overview: solitary versus cooperative hunting success in felids
OverviewAn overview comparing the hunting effectiveness of solitary felids with the cooperative hunting of lions, addressing why most cats hunt alone. Solitary ambush hunting suits stalking predators that tar…
Wild Cats of the World
ReviewSunquist and Sunquist's comprehensive reference compiles the natural history, ecology and behavior of all wild felid species, with extensive treatment of diet, prey selection, hunting modes and predat…
Sunquist, M. & Sunquist, F. · University of Chicago Press · 2002