Seasonal Diet and Prey Preference of the African Lion in a Waterhole-Driven Semi-Arid Savanna

Zeke Davidson; Marion Valeix; Freya Van Kesteren; Andrew J. Loveridge; Jane E. Hunt; Felix Murindagomo; David W. Macdonald

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055182

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Seasonal Diet and Prey Preference of the African Lion in a Waterhole-Driven Semi-Arid Savanna

Zeke Davidson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeke Davidson, Marion Valeix

* E-mail: zeked@marwell.org.uk

Current address: Marwell Wildlife, Colden Common, Winchester, United Kingdom

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, United Kingdom
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Marion Valeix ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeke Davidson, Marion Valeix

Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, United Kingdom, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 5558, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Bât Gregor Mendel, Villeurbanne, France
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Freya Van Kesteren,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, United Kingdom
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Andrew J. Loveridge,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, United Kingdom
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Jane E. Hunt,

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, United Kingdom
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Felix Murindagomo,

Affiliation Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
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David W. Macdonald

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Tubney House, Abingdon, United Kingdom
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Seasonal Diet and Prey Preference of the African Lion in a Waterhole-Driven Semi-Arid Savanna

Zeke Davidson,
Marion Valeix,
Freya Van Kesteren,
Andrew J. Loveridge,
Jane E. Hunt,
Felix Murindagomo,
David W. Macdonald

Published: February 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055182

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