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Adaptability of large carnivores to changing anthropogenic food sources: diet change of spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) during Christian fasting period in northern Ethiopia

  1. Gidey Yirga1,*,
  2. Hans H. De Iongh2,3,
  3. Herwig Leirs3,4,
  4. Kindeya Gebrihiwot5,
  5. Jozef Deckers6,
  6. Hans Bauer6

Article first published online: 4 APR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01977.x

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Journal of Animal Ecology

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volume 81, Issue 5, pages 1052–1055, September 2012

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Yirga, G., De Iongh, H. H., Leirs, H., Gebrihiwot, K., Deckers, J. and Bauer, H. (2012), Adaptability of large carnivores to changing anthropogenic food sources: diet change of spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) during Christian fasting period in northern Ethiopia. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81: 1052–1055. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01977.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Biology, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 3072, Mekelle, Ethiopia

  2. 2

    Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, Leiden, The Netherlands

  3. 3

    Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium

  4. 4

    Department of Agro-Ecology, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark

  5. 5

    Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia

  6. 6

    Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium

* Correspondence author. E-mail: gidey1998ec@yahoo.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 4 APR 2012
  3. Received 2 January 2012; accepted 2 February 2011 Handling Editor: Tim Coulson

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