Fission–fusion dynamics of a megaherbivore are driven by ecological, anthropogenic, temporal, and social factors

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• predation risk 87%
• anthropogenic factor 79%
• ecological factor 78%
• group size 68%
• forage 29%
• dry season 25%
• predator 23%
• bushland 20%
• food 18%
• social group 17%
• sex ratio 16%
• food availability 16%
• vegetation structure 16%
• ungulate 15%
• age class 15%
• human settlement 15%
• habitat use 15%
• predation 12%
• dilution 11%
• grassland 11%
• disturbance 9%
• young 9%
• animal 9%
• detection 8%
• resource 7%
• need 7%

Agriculture & Biology

• social factors 84%
• Giraffa camelopardalis 66%
• predation 54%
• calves 54%
• group size 49%
• environmental factors 43%
• towns 23%
• predators 16%
• human settlements 16%
• gender 14%
• forage quality 13%
• vegetation structure 13%
• social class 13%
• Felidae 13%
• ungulates 12%
• Tanzania 12%
• shrublands 12%
• age structure 11%
• food availability 11%
• wet season 10%
• sex ratio 10%
• grasslands 9%
• herds 9%
• species diversity 8%
• forage 8%
• habitats 6%
• animals 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Giraffes 100%
• Time Factors 91%
• Food 28%
• Lions 21%
• Grassland 19%
• Tanzania 16%
• Sex Ratio 15%
• Ecosystem 15%
• Nursing 11%
• Datasets 10%
• Animals 6%