Energy cost and return for hunting in African wild dogs and cheetahs

The long-distance hunting behaviour of African wild dogs is thought to be energetically costly. Here, Hubel et al. show that multiple opportunistic short-distance hunts and group feeding make African wild dogs in mixed woodland savannah energetically robust.

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Main Authors: Tatjana Y. Hubel, Julia P. Myatt, Neil R. Jordan, Oliver P. Dewhirst, J. Weldon McNutt, Alan M. Wilson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/171756e56bbf417bbaf35be5c44382e7
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