Tiger-Lion Coexistence in Eurasia between Middle Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs

[Sanju]

@smedz Yeah it's true that they both have different habitat preference like Wolf interactions with American black bears are very rare, because of differences in habitat preferences. Interactions are rare as sometimes both can survive in other habitats too if they have to and during occasional venture to other habitats by chance. Likewise, Tiger-Lion. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf#Enemi...ompetitors)

Even if they opt to live in same place despite habitat preferences. Bears and wolves "fight-kill-compete" but still coexist or live in same place through out 3 continents and arctic. In b/w Lion and Tiger also it is simply because, they both "almost" breed at same rate in a given area and time (based on carrying capacity- K), so despite occasional (based on situation and possibility) fights and competitive predation/elimination on cubs/adults, due to their reproduction speed, a stable population of both can be established even in the same area/eco-region/habitat. Thus making coexistence in the same ecosystem possible like it did.

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