Optimal foraging of lions at the human wildlands interface

Everatt, Kristoffer T.; Kokés, Rae; Robinson, Hugh S.; Kerley, Graham I.H.

doi:10.1111/aje.13113

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“…In Laikipia, some WAs border community‐run livestock grazing areas, and unauthorized livestock grazing also frequently occurs along WA boundaries. Lion spatiotemporal avoidance of livestock grazing areas has been well documented (Everatt et al, 2023; Loveridge et al, 2017; Valeix et al, 2012). WA preference is also reflected in our results by the selection for WA roads and daytime avoidance of binary non‐WA roads.…”

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“…Selection functions can be instrumental in informing the design of coexistence landscapes (Everatt et al, 2023). Our results demonstrate that strategies for lion conservation and human–lion coexistence should recognize how spatiotemporal context drives variation in the impact of landscape features on lion space use.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…enhanced landscape barriers, stronger livestock corrals, reduced retaliatory lion killings; Hazzah et al, 2014; Loveridge et al, 2017). Or, if lion path‐ and prey‐selection stems from a landscape of fear, then conflict mitigation strategies could include livestock grazing which is centralized near landscape features that lions are known to avoid (Everatt et al, 2023).…”

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“…Or, if lion path-and prey-selection stems from a landscape of fear, then conflict mitigation strategies could include livestock grazing which is centralized near landscape features that lions are known to avoid (Everatt et al, 2023).…”

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“…If lions select for prey irrespective of livestock presence (i.e. irrespective of a landscape of fear), then conflict mitigation strategies could focus on enhancing prey availability (Bauer et al, 2010;Everatt et al, 2019Everatt et al, , 2023. If livestock are being selected where there is equally accessible prey, then lion accessibility to livestock will need to be reduced (e.g.…”

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Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in ahuman–wildlifesystem

Burak,

Broekhuis,

Dickman

et al. 2023

Ecol Sol and Evidence

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Conserving large carnivores requires protecting landscape spaces that encompass all spatiotemporal scales of their movement. Large carnivores normally roam widely, but habitat loss and fragmentation can constrain their movement in ways that restrict access to resources and increase encounters with humans and potential conflict. Facilitating carnivore population coexistence with humans across landscapes requires conservation plans informed by patterns of carnivore space use, particularly at the human–wildlife interface. We sought to understand lion space use in Laikipia, Kenya. We conducted a path‐selection function analysis using GPS collar data from 16 lions to assess patterns of space use across a range of spatial scales (sedentary to home range expanses; 0, 12.5, 25 and 50 km) and temporal scales (day, dusk, night and dawn). Path‐selection results were then incorporated into space use maps. We found that most landscape features influenced path‐selection at the broadest spatial scale (50 km), representative of home range‐wide movement, thereby demonstrating a landscape‐wide human impact on lion space use. We also detected sub‐diurnal variation in lion path‐selection which revealed limited space use during daylight hours and increased space use overnight. Our results highlight that optimal support for human–lion coexistence should be temporally adaptive at sub‐diurnal scales. Furthermore, spatial approaches to lion conservation may be better generalized at broad spatial scales so that land management plans can account for home range patterns in lion space use.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Synthesis and Applicationsmentioning

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Section: Synthesis and Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in ahuman–wildlifesystem

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Broekhuis,

Dickman

et al. 2023

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Dynamic primary resources, not just wild prey availability, underpin lion depredation of livestock in a savanna ecosystem

Mills,

Bennitt,

Zhu

et al. 2024

Ecology and Evolution

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Because it can lead to retaliatory killing, livestock depredation by large carnivores is among the foremost threats to carnivore conservation, and it severely impacts human well‐being worldwide. Ongoing climate change can amplify these human–wildlife conflicts, but such issues are largely unexplored, though are becoming increasingly recognized. Here, we assessed how the availability of primary resources and wild prey interact to shape large carnivore selection for livestock rather than wild prey (i.e., via prey switching or apparent competition). Specifically, we combined remotely sensed estimates of primary resources (i.e., water availability and primary productivity), wild prey movement, and 7 years (2015–2021) of reports for livestock depredation by African lions (Panthera leo) in the Makgadikgadi Pans ecosystem, Botswana. Although livestock depredation did not vary between wet versus dry seasons, analyses at finer temporal scales revealed higher incidences of livestock depredation when primary production, water availability, and wild prey availability were lower, though the effects of wild prey availability were mediated by water availability. Increased precipitation also amplified livestock depredation events despite having no influence on wild prey availability. Our results suggest that livestock depredation is influenced by the diverse responses of livestock, wild prey, and lions to primary resource availability, a driver that is largely overlooked or oversimplified in studies of human–carnivore conflict. Our findings provide insight into tailoring potential conflict mitigation strategies to fine‐scale changes in resource conditions to efficiently reduce conflict and support human livelihoods.

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Diet responses of two apex carnivores (lions and leopards) to wild prey depletion and livestock availability

Forbes,

Everatt,

Spong

et al. 2024

Biological Conservation

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Optimal foraging of lions at the human wildlands interface

Cited by 5 publications

References 80 publications

Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in ahuman–wildlifesystem

Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in ahuman–wildlifesystem

Dynamic primary resources, not just wild prey availability, underpin lion depredation of livestock in a savanna ecosystem

Diet responses of two apex carnivores (lions and leopards) to wild prey depletion and livestock availability

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