Table 1.
Lion prey species found at kills classified in 8 groups and their respective proportions relative to frequency of occurrence.
Table 2.
Lion prey species found in faecal samples classified in 10 groups and their respective proportions relative to frequency of occurrence.
Table 3.
Prey species proportional biomass contributing to lion diet, as detected from kills, faecal samples and observed hunts.
Figure 1.
Seasonal variation in the relative contribution by different prey species to lion kills, for males (M) and females (F), distinguishing age class proportions.
Dashed and dotted lines indicate mean proportions in the amalgamated kills for males and females respectively.
Figure 2.
Jacobs’s index of seasonal prey preference estimated from confirmed lion kills and faecal samples.
Values>0 indicate preference, values<0 suggest use but avoidance.
Figure 3.
(A) Mean distance to a waterhole for kills for the different prey species. Boxes show medians, 25% and 75% quartiles.
Bold dashed lines indicate means. Whiskers indicate the range between 10% and 90% percentiles. Dots represent data outside this range. (B) and (C) Jacobs’ index of seasonal preference to kill within 2 km of a waterhole for the different prey species for male and female lions respectively. Values >0 indicate preference, values <0 suggest use but avoidance.