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DOI | 10.1002/jwmg.21407 |
Dietary niche relationships among predators on farmland and a protected area | |
Drouilly, Marine1; Nattrass, Nicoli1,2; O’Riain, M. Justin1 | |
通讯作者 | Drouilly, Marine |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
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ISSN | 0022-541X |
EISSN | 1937-2817 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 82期号:3页码:507-518 |
英文摘要 | The use of land for pastoralism is often associated with a reduction in the diversity and abundance of wildlife and influences conflict between farmers and predators worldwide. We explored differences in the diversity and relative abundance of medium and large animals on farmlands and a nearby protected area and compared these differences to prey consumed by 3 sympatric predators (black-backed jackal [Canis mesomelas], caracal [Caracal caracal], and leopard [Panthera pardus]) in the Karoo region of South Africa. All 3 predators, but especially jackals and caracals, are a source of conflict with small-stock farmers, many of whom believe that predators use the protected area as a base for raiding farmland. We determined predator diets using 657 scats collected on both land uses in subsequent years. Domestic ungulates dominated the farming landscape and comprised the bulk of prey in the scats of jackals and caracals as determined by the frequency of occurrence (42% and 25%, respectively), percent volume (47% and 32%, respectively), and ingested biomass. By contrast jackals and caracals in the reserve fed primarily on fruits and micromammals, respectively, with a lower ingested biomass of mammalian prey. No domestic sheep were in any of the scats in the reserve. We found leopard scats only in the reserve and they mostly contained wild ungulates. Dietary niche breadth and overlap were higher on farms than in the reserve and were attributed to the high consumption of domestic livestock by jackal and caracal. Dietary overlap between medium-sized predators and leopards was small. Caracals on farms and caracals and jackals in the reserve showed strong prey preference for wild mammals, whereas jackals on farms showed prey preference for goats and sheep over similar-sized wild mammals. Leopards showed preference for bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) and mountain-dwelling antelopes but consumed baboons (Papio ursinus) according to availability. Together these results fill a gap in our knowledge about jackal and caracal diets on farmland and dietary niche relationships between 3 sympatric predators in conflict with small-stock farmers in the semi-arid regions of South Africa. In terms of management, our results show that it is crucial that farmers protect their livestock from predators, even on farms where wild prey are abundant because of jackals’ preference for sheep and goats over similar-sized wild mammals. (c) 2017 The Wildlife Society. The diets of black-backed jackals and caracals in our farmland study area were mainly comprised of domestic sheep, but we did not detect sheep in any of the scats collected in the protected area. This shows, contrary to the belief of many farmers, that these medium-sized predators are not using the protected area as a base for predating livestock on farmland but are tailoring their diet to fit the most abundant food resources in the area. |
英文关键词 | black-backed jackal caracal dietary overlap Karoo leopard prey preference scat analysis small-livestock farming |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000427600900004 |
WOS关键词 | BLACK-BACKED JACKALS ; PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCE SYSTEM ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; PREY PREFERENCES ; NATIONAL-PARK ; SCAT ANALYSIS ; PANTHERA-PARDUS ; CAPE-PROVINCE ; CARNIVORES ; KAROO |
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/2XILL650/211433 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Cape Town, Dept Biol Sci, Inst Communities & Wildlife Africa, Upper Campus, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa; 2.Univ Cape Town, Sch Econ, Upper Campus, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Drouilly, Marine,Nattrass, Nicoli,O’Riain, M. Justin. Dietary niche relationships among predators on farmland and a protected area[J],2018,82(3):507-518. |
APA | Drouilly, Marine,Nattrass, Nicoli,&O’Riain, M. Justin.(2018).Dietary niche relationships among predators on farmland and a protected area.JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT,82(3),507-518. |
MLA | Drouilly, Marine,et al."Dietary niche relationships among predators on farmland and a protected area".JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 82.3(2018):507-518. |
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