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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

When Should 'Clever' Cheetah Breed? Seasonal Variability in Prey Availability and Its Effect on Cheetah Reproductive Patterns.

Eleesha Annear, Liaan Minnie, Vincent van der Merwe, Graham I H Kerley

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Eleesha AnnearDepartment of Zoology Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University Gqeberha South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7456-2917
Liaan MinnieDepartment of Zoology Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University Gqeberha South Africa.
Vincent van der MerweEndangered Wildlife Trust Gauteng South Africa.
Graham I H KerleyDepartment of Zoology Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University Gqeberha South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-5200

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breeding is energetically demanding for female mammals, with maternal and cub nutrition playing a major role in reproductive phases like conception, gestation, lactation and weaning. To meet these demands, adaptations to seasonal shifts in food availability are expected. Some predators may shift prey selection seasonally, optimizing foraging during energetically costly periods. Cheetah,

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breeding seasoncheetahdemographic‐specific predationreproductive phenologyreproductive strategy

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PMID40557125
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