title: A biomechanical model to assess the injury risk of leopards (Panthera pardus) hunting by free falling from trees
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Blanco, Rudemar Ernesto
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Luzardo-Vera, Daniel Eduardo
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-12-10T17:52:04Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-12-10T17:52:04Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Blanco, R. E. and Luzardo-Vera, D. E. 2021. A biomechanical model to assess the injury risk of leopards (Panthera pardus) hunting by free falling from trees. Bio. Comm. 66(3): 236–244.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi. org/10.21638/spbu03.2021.305
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33819
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Leopards have been observed to ambush prey by jumping down on it from
  trees. There are both anecdotal reports and video recordings of this hunting
  behavior. Here we conducted a biomechanical analysis of this technique to assess
  the degree of risk for the predator in such cases. We concluded that the
  risk of suffering severe injuries seems to be too high for this technique to be a
  usual way of predation on horned mammals such as male impalas. Our results
  can be useful in discussing proposed paleobiological hunting scenarios and living
  predators’ strategies of managing risks.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: PEDECIBA and ANII provided
  financial support.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Biological Сommunications;Volume 66; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Panthera pardus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hunting risk
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: free-falling
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hunting behavior
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: predator-prey interactions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: A biomechanical model to assess the injury risk of leopards (Panthera pardus) hunting by free falling from trees
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
resources.filename: 9893-Article Text-38482-1-10-20211112.pdf
resources.url: https://dspace.spbu.ru/bitstream/11701/33819/1/9893-Article%20Text-38482-1-10-20211112.pdf
resources.format: Adobe PDF
resources.size: 732,99 kB