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| DOI | 10.3390/d12020059 |
| Feeding Specialization of Honey Badgers in the Sahara Desert: A Trial of Life in a Hard Environment | |
| Gil-Sanchez, Jose Maria1,2; Herrera-Sanchez, F. Javier1; Rodriguez-Siles, Javier1; Saez, Juan Manuel1; Diaz-Portero, Miguel Angel1; Arredondo, Angel1; Alvarez, Begona1; Cancio, Inmaculada1; de Lucas, Jesus1; Castillo, Salvador1; McCain, Emil1; Perez, Joaquin1; Valenzuela, Gerardo1; Martinez Valderrama, Jaime1; Bautista, Jesus1; Sarabia, Carlos3; Leonard, Jennifer3; Sanchez-Cerda, Mariola3; Virgos, Emilio4; Qninba, Abdeljebbar5 | |
| 通讯作者 | Gil-Sanchez, Jose Maria |
| 来源期刊 | DIVERSITY-BASEL
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| EISSN | 1424-2818 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 12期号:2 |
| 英文摘要 | The honey badger (Mellivora capensis) is a medium-sized carnivore distributed throughout Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Turkmenistan, and India. However, available information on its ecology is very scarce. We studied its feeding ecology in the remote north-western Sahara Desert, based on the contents of 125 fecal samples collected during large scale surveys. Samples were confirmed to belong to honey badgers by camera trapping and genetic analyses. Barely 18 prey species were detected. The diet primarily consisted of spiny-tailed lizards Uromastyx nigriventris and U. dispar (72% of volume in scats). Secondary prey items were arthropods (14%), small mammals (8%), other reptiles (4%), and eggs (0.8%). Some small geographic and temporal differences were related to the consumption of beetle larvae and rodents as alternative prey. Camera trapping and distance sampling surveys showed that diel activities did not overlap between honey badgers and spiny-tailed lizards, suggesting that badgers primarily dig lizards out of their burrows when inactive. Consumption of spiny lizards by other sympatric meso-carnivores was < 6.1% of occurrence (223 analyzed scats); the honey badger behaved as a trophic specialist in the Sahara, probably thanks to exclusive anatomical adaptations for digging. We discuss the role of this circumstance minimizing the exploitative competition, which could allow the survival of this large mustelid in this low productive and highly competitive environment. |
| 英文关键词 | arid environments exploitative competence specialist feeding ecology Mellivora capensis Sahara Uromastyx genus |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | Spain ; Morocco |
| 开放获取类型 | gold, Green Published |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000519115400023 |
| WOS关键词 | MELES-MELES ; COEXISTENCE ; GENETICS ; PREY ; DIET ; PCR |
| WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology |
| WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/314316 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Assoc Study & Conservat Wildlife, Harmusch, C San Anton 15,1, E-13580 Ciudad Real, Spain; 2.Univ Granada, Dept Zool, Avda Fuente Nueva S-N, E-18071 Granada, Spain; 3.CSIC, EBD, Conservat & Evolutionary Genet Grp, Avda Americo Vespucio 26, Seville 41092, Spain; 4.Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Escet, Dept Biol & Geol, C Tulipan S-N, E-28933 Madrid, Spain; 5.Mohammed V Univ Rabat, Inst Sci, Lab Geobiodiversite & Patrimoine Nat, Ctr Rech GEOPAC, Ave Ibn Battota,BP 703, Rabat 10090, Morocco |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gil-Sanchez, Jose Maria,Herrera-Sanchez, F. Javier,Rodriguez-Siles, Javier,et al. Feeding Specialization of Honey Badgers in the Sahara Desert: A Trial of Life in a Hard Environment[J],2020,12(2). |
| APA | Gil-Sanchez, Jose Maria.,Herrera-Sanchez, F. Javier.,Rodriguez-Siles, Javier.,Saez, Juan Manuel.,Diaz-Portero, Miguel Angel.,...&Qninba, Abdeljebbar.(2020).Feeding Specialization of Honey Badgers in the Sahara Desert: A Trial of Life in a Hard Environment.DIVERSITY-BASEL,12(2). |
| MLA | Gil-Sanchez, Jose Maria,et al."Feeding Specialization of Honey Badgers in the Sahara Desert: A Trial of Life in a Hard Environment".DIVERSITY-BASEL 12.2(2020). |
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