Activity patterns of the Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer caffer in the Willem Pretorias Game Reserve, Free State

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Winterbach, H E K ^a,b   Bothma, J Du P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Cape buffalo; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; SYNCERUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER CAFFER;

EID: 0010223012     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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