The effect of competition on shared food resources in carnivore guilds

The model is applied to the large carnivore guilds in the Serengeti (Tanzania) and the Kruger National Park (South Africa) to show how a guild of large carnivores is structured. The guild structures of the Serengeti and the Kruger National Park are different with respect to the roles the guild members play. The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) plays the dominant role by exploiting most of its CFCC and having strongest competition effects to the other guild members in the Serengeti. In the Kruger guild, this position is occupied by the lion (Panthera leo).