Trophic Scaling and Occupancy Analysis Reveals a Lion Population Limited by Top-Down Anthropogenic Pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique

Kristoffer T. Everatt; Leah Andresen; Michael J. Somers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099389

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Trophic Scaling and Occupancy Analysis Reveals a Lion Population Limited by Top-Down Anthropogenic Pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique

Kristoffer T. Everatt ,

* E-mail: kteveratt@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Leah Andresen,

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Michael J. Somers

Affiliations Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Trophic Scaling and Occupancy Analysis Reveals a Lion Population Limited by Top-Down Anthropogenic Pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique

Kristoffer T. Everatt,
Leah Andresen,
Michael J. Somers

Published: June 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099389

About the Authors

Kristoffer T. Everatt

* E-mail: kteveratt@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Leah Andresen

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Michael J. Somers

Affiliations Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KTE LA MJS. Performed the experiments: KTE LA. Analyzed the data: KE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTE LA MJS. Wrote the paper: KTE.

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