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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Lycaon Pictus"”.
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Genetic and molecular techniques for conserving the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1999.
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Pup provisioning and artificial pack formation in African wild dog Lycaon pictus in South Africa
Wild dog Lacaon pictus are obligate cooperative breeders with nulliparous helpers contributing to the rearing of a dominant pair's young through pup-provisioning and defence agianst predators. Despite the importance of allo-parental care to the survival of pups and the persistance of packs, few …
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Landscape utilisation by an introduced pack of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in eastern Botswana
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are one of the most endangered carnivores in southern Africa. Direct persecution, prey decline and habitat loss and fragmentation all contributed to a rapid decline in this species’ population size and distribution during the 20th century. Following a thorough …
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Drivers of farmer-African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) conflict in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, South Africa
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are the most endangered large carnivore in Southern Africa. There are as little as 5,000 individuals globally and less than 450 African wild dogs in South Africa alone. African wild dogs are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature …
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Using activity budgets and space use preferences to define enclosure appropriateness for African painted dogs, Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
… two different packs of African painted dogs (Lycaon pictus) in two separate outside, naturalistic enclosures at the San Diego Zoo (SDZ) and Bronx Zoo (BZ). I use electivity indices as a tool to determine under and over-utilized exhibit areas. This type of index provides a novel way of …
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Evolução da força de mordida, encefalização e socialidade em canídeos (Carnívora: Mammalia)
… alpinus (148,24), Lycalopex fulvipes (147,61) e Lycaon pictus (144,07) devido a várias adaptações adquiridas com a hipercarnivoria. As espécies com os maiores valores de quociente de volume encefálico (QVE) foram S. venaticus, C. alpinus e L. pictus com respectivamente 141,35; 139,01 e 131,61 …
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Analysis of Bone Crushing Behavior of the Dire Wolf (<em>Canis dirus</em>) Using Dental Microwear Texture Analysis.
… (<em>C. latrans</em>), and African wild dog (<em>Lycaon pictus</em>) to assess the degrees of bone consumption. An overall lack in statistically significant variables suggests little difference between the dietary tendencies between <em>C. dirus</em> and <em>C. lupus</em>. The dire wolf did not …
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Mechanisms facilitating coexistence between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
… (Panthera leo), leopards, African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), and cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in northern Botswana. Data were primarily collected through a combination of field-based observations, high-resolution GPS radio collars, and tourist-contributed photographs. I found that at both …
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Patterns and processes in chimpanzee hunting behaviour: the chimps and the carnivores: are they really so different?.
… prey, wolves, Canis lupus, African hunting dogs, Lycaon pictus, spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, and the lion, Panthera leo.. Chimpanzees are highly successful hunters compared to large social carnivores. Chimpanzees preferentially hunt relatively small prey compared to the carnivores studied. The …
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Territoriality and Scent Marking Behavior of African Wild Dogs in Northern Botswana
… on movement and social dynamics. Wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, are large, wide-ranging carnivores and one of the most endangered animals in Africa. Unlike other large carnivores, wild dogs do not vocalize as a form of territorial advertisement so to explore mechanisms of communication and …
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Territoriality and Scent Marking Behavior of African Wild Dogs in Northern Botswana
… on movement and social dynamics. Wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, are large, wide-ranging carnivores and one of the most endangered animals in Africa. Unlike other large carnivores, wild dogs do not vocalize as a form of territorial advertisement so to explore mechanisms of communication and …
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Defending Wild Dogs: Population Dynamics and Disease in Endangered African Wild Dogs
<p>African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are endangered carnivores whose population is decreasing from habitat loss and fragmentation, interspecific competition, and disease. Survival rates are especially low in Kruger National Park (KNP), though it is unclear why. I estimated the abundance in KNP and …