Data for: Intraguild competition mediates human avoidance in an endangered African large carnivore

The anthropogenic refuge (i.e., human shield) effect is a well-documented consequence of anthropogenic disturbance, whereby prey or subordinate competitors use human-dominated areas to avoid dominant predators. While this effect has been widely demonstrated for prey and, to a lesser extent, mesopredator species, it remains unknown whether it occurs among sympatric species within a top predator guild such as large carnivores. Moreover, there is limited understanding of how intraguild competition may mediate carnivore responses to human disturbance. Here, we examined the spatial behaviour of two sympatric large carnivore species exhibiting intense intraguild competition – lions and African wild dogs – to investigate whether intraguild competition mediates large carnivore responses to human disturbance in support of the anthropogenic refuge hypothesis. We found that lions consistently avoided human-dominated areas. Similarly, we found that wild dogs generally avoided human-dominated areas,..., , , # Data for: Intraguild competition mediates human avoidance in an endangered African large carnivore

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8w9ghx3xx](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8w9ghx3xx)

## Description of the data and file structure

This study employs resource selection and step selection analyses on lions (*Panthera leo*) and African wild dogs (*Lycaon pictus*) to investigate whether intraguild competition mediates large carnivore responses to human disturbance. Data represent used and simulated locations and their environmental covariates for each species collected from GPS collar data.  

### Files and variables

#### File: random\_sample.csv

**Description:** covariates of a random sample of 1,000 locations within the study area for performing a linear regression between lion encounter risk and distance to village

##### Variables

* point_id: unique ID for each random point
* lion_risk_camtrap: lion encounter risk derived from camera traps
* lion_risk_z: z-scored (standardized) val...,