An assessment of diet overlap of two mesocarnivores in the North West Province, South Africa

An assessment of diet overlap of two mesocarnivores in the North West Province, South Africa

We used scat analysis to study the diet of twosympatric medium-sized carnivores: brown hyaenaand black-backed jackal, in the NorthWest Province ofSouth Africa. Seven major dietary categories wereidentified from the scats, with mammal remains beingmost common for both species. Brown hyaena scatsconta...

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Main Authors: van der Merwe, I., Tambling, C., Thorn, M., Scott, D., Yarnell, R., Green, M., Cameron, E., Bateman, Bill
Format: Journal Article
Published: Universiteit Stellenbosch * Department of Botany and Zoology 2009
Subjects:
brown hyaena
black-backed jackal
scat analysis
carnivore diets
apex predators
Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3377/004.044.0217?journalCode=afzo
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33079

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