Calculating stocking rates for game ranches: Substitution ratios for use in the Mopani Veld

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 62-67

  Dekker, B ^a  

^a Mara Agricultural Development Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal units; Carrying capacity; Ecological separation; Indices of overlap; Large herbivores; Multi species grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002380475     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10220119.1997.9647922     Document Type: Article

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