Ranging behaviour of African wild dog packs in a human‐dominated landscape

摘要: Movement behaviour is a key component of species' vulnerability to extinction. African wild dogs' Lycaon pictus endangerment has been linked their wide-ranging behaviour, which hypothesized expose them anthropogenic threats in fragmented habitats. I therefore investigated dog movement patterns an area Kenya where livestock out-number ungulates. In the 9 years study, population density increased from 0.9 3.4 adults and yearlings per 100 km2. Home-range size remained unchanged over this time, but overlap between neighbouring home ranges increased. Nevertheless, packs avoided one another showed evidence territoriality. Home were similar on commercial ranches community lands, even though people abundant, competitors large prey depleted, latter land use. Packs significant habitat preference; particular, low human densities ranches, zoning settlement facilitated avoidance activities livestock. These findings suggest that, under right circumstances, dogs may be able avoid thrive human-dominated landscapes. However, elsewhere traditional husbandry being abandoned subdivided. Such changes would greatly reduce ability survive pastoral areas.