Jd. Bothma et Ean. Leriche, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MINIMUM AIR-TEMPERATURE AND DAILY DISTANCES MOVED BY KALAHARI LEOPARDS, South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 24(1-2), 1994, pp. 18-20
Minimum air temperature is used as an index to study the effect of cli
mate on the daily distances moved by male leopards of equal hunger sta
tus in the southern Kalahari. An inverse linear relationship existed b
etween minimum air temperatures and daily distances moved. The implica
tions of these results on studies of the activity patterns (movements)
of these leopards and possible avenues for future research are discus
sed.