A cat among the dogs: leopard Panthera pardus diet in a human-dominated landscape in western Maharashtra, India

The ecology and predator–prey dynamics of large felids in the tropics have largely been studied in natural systems where wild ungulates constitute the majority of the prey base. However, human-dominated landscapes can be rich in potential prey for large carnivores because of the high density of dome...

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Published in:	Oryx Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 156 - 162
Main Authors:	Athreya, Vidya, Odden, Morten, Linnell, John D. C., Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, Karanth, K. Ullas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2016
Subjects:	adults Agricultural land Bears Biomass birds Bos taurus calves Canis lupus Capra Carnivores cats Cattle Conflict cropland Diet dogs Domestic animals domestic dog Dry season Farmers feces Felis catus Food goats Herpestes Households human-dominated landscape humans India interviews landscapes leopard Livelihood Livestock Macaca Macaca radiata Panthera pardus Pastoralism Predation Predators Prey rodents Semnopithecus Tropical environments tropics Ungulates Viverricula indica India Panthera pardus leopard diet Conflict human-dominated landscape domestic dog
ISSN:	0030-6053, 1365-3008, 1365-3008
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