Possible factors contributing to the exclusion of saturniid caterpillars (mopane worms) from a protected area in Botswana

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 276-283

  Styles, C V ^a   Skinner, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ants; browse; caterpillars; mopane; predation

Indexed keywords

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; FORMICIDAE; IMBRASIA; IMBRASIA BELINA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SATURNIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; BROWSE; CATERPILLAR; MOPANE EMPEROR MOTH; MOPANE WORM;

BOTSWANA, NORTHERN TULI GAME RESERVE;

EID: 0030299346     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00622.x     Document Type: Article

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