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Hunting behaviour in West African forest leopards
Auteur(s)
Jenny, D.
Date de parution
2005
In
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
Vol.
3
No
43
De la page
197
A la page
200
Résumé
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is a major predator of mammals within the rainforest ecosystem of West Africa. Most of the available information on leopard hunting behaviour comes from studies conducted in open savannah habitats, while little is known about forest leopards. Our radio-tracking data and scat analysis show that forest leopards differ in various ways from the savannah populations. Forest leopards are diurnal and crepuscular hunters who follow the activity pattern of their prey species. They exhibit seasonal differences in activity patterns, and they develop highly individualized prey preferences. These findings challenge the widespread notion of leopards as opportunistic nocturnal predators.
Type de publication
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
