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DOI	10.1073/PNAS.2002487117
	Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human–carnivore conflict and key to its solution
	Melzheimer J.; Heinrich S.K.; Wasiolka B.; Mueller R.; Thalwitzer S.; Palmegiani I.; Weigold A.; Portas R.; Roeder R.; Krofel M.; Hofer H.; Wachter B.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	00278424
起始页码	33325
结束页码	33333
卷号	117 期号:52
英文摘要	Human–wildlife conflicts occur worldwide. Although many nonlethal mitigation solutions are available, they rarely use the behavioral ecology of the conflict species to derive effective and long-lasting solutions. Here, we use a long-term study with 106 GPS-collared free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) to demonstrate how new insights into the socio-spatial organization of this species provide the key for such a solution. GPS-collared territory holders marked and defended communication hubs (CHs) in the core area of their territories. The CHs/territories were distributed in a regular pattern across the landscape such that they were not contiguous with each other but separated by a surrounding matrix. They were kept in this way by successive territory holders, thus maintaining this overdispersed distribution. The CHs were also visited by nonterritorial cheetah males and females for information exchange, thus forming hotspots of cheetah activity and presence. We hypothesized that the CHs pose an increased predation risk to young calves for cattle farmers in Namibia. In an experimental approach, farmers shifted cattle herds away from the CHs during the calving season. This drastically reduced their calf losses by cheetahs because cheetahs did not follow the herds but instead preyed on naturally occurring local wildlife prey in the CHs. This implies that in the cheetah system, there are “problem areas,” the CHs, rather than “problem individuals.” The incorporation of the behavioral ecology of conflict species opens promising areas to search for solutions in other conflict species with nonhomogenous space use. © 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Cheetah; Human–wildlife conflict; Intraspecific communication; Movement ecology
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adult; agricultural worker; article; calf (mammal); carnivore; cat; cheetah; ecology; female; herd; human; male; Namibia; nonhuman; predation risk; season; wildlife; animal; animal communication; carnivory; cheetah; geography; physiology; Acinonyx; Animal Communication; Animals; Carnivory; Female; Geography; Humans; Male; Namibia
来源期刊	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/179645
作者单位	Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, 10315, Germany; Veterinary Office Ravensburg, Ravensburg, 88212, Germany; Zoological Garden Wilhelma, Stuttgart, 70376, Germany; Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 14163, Germany; Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Melzheimer J.,Heinrich S.K.,Wasiolka B.,等. Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human–carnivore conflict and key to its solution[J],2021,117(52).
APA	Melzheimer J..,Heinrich S.K..,Wasiolka B..,Mueller R..,Thalwitzer S..,...&Wachter B..(2021).Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human–carnivore conflict and key to its solution.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,117(52).
MLA	Melzheimer J.,et al."Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human–carnivore conflict and key to its solution".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117.52(2021).