Factors influencing lion movements and habitat use in the western Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Protected areas that restrict human activities can enhance wildlife habitat quality. Efficacy of protected areas can be improved with increased protection from illegal activities and presence of buffer protected areas that surround a core protected area. Habitat value of protected areas also can be affected by seasonal variation in anthropogenic pressures. We examined seasonal space use by African lions (Panthera leo) within a core protected area, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, and surrounding buffer protected areas with varying protection strengths. We used lion locations in logistic regression models during wet and dry seasons to estimate probability of use in relation to protection strength, distance to protected area edge, human and livestock density, distance to roads and rivers,

SUBMITTER: Schooler SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9640537 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature