April 28, 2014  

Lions and cheetahs and dogs, oh my! (final installment)

I’ve written a handful of posts (here and here and here) about how lions are big and mean and nasty…and about how even though they are nasty enough to keep wild dog populations in check, they don’t seem to be suppressing cheetah numbers.

Well, now that research is officially out! It’s just been accepted by the Journal of Animal Ecology and is available here. Virginia Morrell over at ScienceNews did a nice summary of the story and it’s conservation implications here.

One dissertation chapter down, just two more to go!

 

 

 

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About ali swanson

I'm an ecologist studying how large carnivores coexist. I spend way too much of my time trying to stop hyenas and elephants from munching my camera traps!

5 responses to “Lions and cheetahs and dogs, oh my! (final installment)”

  1. Margaret Kosmala's avatar
    Margaret Kosmala says :

    Yay! Congrats!

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  2. meredithspalmer's avatar
    meredithspalmer says :

    Awwwwesome!

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  3. Bennycatgirl's avatar
    Bennycatgirl says :

    Well done! Best of luck on the remaining chapters!

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