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DOI | 10.2981/09-110 |
Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenas Hyaena brunnea in a mountain savannah region of South Africa | |
Hulsman, Alma3,4; Dalerum, Fredrik1,2; Swanepoel, Lourens5; Ganswindt, Andre2,6; Sutherland, Chris7; Paris, Monique3,4 | |
通讯作者 | Dalerum, Fredrik |
来源期刊 | WILDLIFE BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 0909-6396 |
EISSN | 1903-220X |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 16期号:4页码:445-451 |
英文摘要 | The brown hyaena Hyaena brunnea is a near threatened large carnivore inhabiting sub-Saharan Africa. Like many other species of terrestrial carnivores, brown hyaenas often and repeatedly deposit scats at specific latrine sites as a means of olfactory communication. However, previous studies on brown hyaena latrine use have been constrained to the arid Kalahari region in southern Africa, an area of low resource abundance. To improve our understanding of geographic variation in the biology of this species, we monitored patterns of brown hyaena scat deposition in the Waterberg of northern South Africa, an area of higher net productivity than previous areas for published brown hyaena studies. Defecation rates at latrine sites were low in our study area (median: < 1 defecation in 30 days), but brown hyaenas visited sites significantly more often than they defecated at them (median: 2.6 visits/30 days). The temporal patterns of activity at defecation sites were significantly related to the overall temporal activity patterns of brown hyaenas on the roads within the reserve, and generally confirmed a nocturnal activity pattern in the species. Our result on brown hyaena scat deposition in the Waterberg region indicates a geographic variation in latrine use, and we suggest that such a variation could be linked to resource-driven variation in social and spatial organisation. |
英文关键词 | carnivore defecation Hyaenidae latrine olfactory communication scent marking |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa ; Netherlands ; Scotland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000287629500011 |
WOS关键词 | SCENT MARKING STRATEGIES ; BADGERS MELES-MELES ; TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR ; LATRINES ; POPULATION ; LANDSCAPE ; KALAHARI ; DESERT ; SITES |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/166657 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Pretoria, Ctr Wildlife Management, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa; 2.Univ Pretoria, Mammal Res Inst, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa; 3.Univ Utrecht, Fac Vet Sci, Dept Equine Sci, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands; 4.Inst Breeding Rare & Endangered African Mammals, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; 5.Univ Pretoria, Dept Anim & Wildlife Sci, Ctr Wildlife Management, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa; 6.Univ Pretoria, Fac Vet Sci, Dept Prod Anim Studies, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa; 7.Univ Aberdeen, Inst Biol & Environm Sci, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, Scotland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hulsman, Alma,Dalerum, Fredrik,Swanepoel, Lourens,et al. Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenas Hyaena brunnea in a mountain savannah region of South Africa[J],2010,16(4):445-451. |
APA | Hulsman, Alma,Dalerum, Fredrik,Swanepoel, Lourens,Ganswindt, Andre,Sutherland, Chris,&Paris, Monique.(2010).Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenas Hyaena brunnea in a mountain savannah region of South Africa.WILDLIFE BIOLOGY,16(4),445-451. |
MLA | Hulsman, Alma,et al."Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenas Hyaena brunnea in a mountain savannah region of South Africa".WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 16.4(2010):445-451. |
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