Table 8. Potential mechanisms of resource partitioning and coexistence among species pairs from an assemblage of five species of wild felids on Borneo.
| Species pair | No. axes | Broad-scale habitat | Fine scale habitat selection | temporal activity | Prey species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elevation | vertical strata | logging road | Ridge | ||||||
| Clouded leopard ♂ | Clouded leopard ♀ | 4 | * | *** | *** | * | |||
| Clouded leopard ♂ | Bay cat | 5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | ** | ||
| Clouded leopard ♀ | Bay cat | 4 | *** | ** | *** | ** | |||
| Clouded leopard ♂ | Marbled cat | 4 | * | *** | *** | ** | |||
| Clouded leopard ♀ | Marbled cat | 3 | *** | *** | ** | ||||
| Clouded leopard ♂ | Leopard cat | 4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | |||
| Clouded leopard ♀ | Leopard cat | 5 | *** | *** | ** | *** | *** | ||
| Clouded leopard ♂ | Flat-headed cat | 6 | *** | *** | * | * | * | *** | |
| Clouded leopard ♀ | Flat-headed cat | 3 | *** | *** | * | ||||
| Bay cat | Marbled cat | 3 | *** | *** | *** | ||||
| Bay cat | Leopard cat | 5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ||
| Bay cat | Flat-headed cat | 4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | |||
| Marbled cat | Leopard cat | 7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Marbled cat | Flat-headed cat | 6 | * | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
*possible mechanism
**likely mechanism
*** highly likely mechanism.
Species pairs in bold highlight pairs with very similar body sizes (ratio <2) which are hypothesised to exhibit the greatest interspecific competition.