Sex differences in giraffe foraging behavior at two spatial scales

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-300

  Ginnett, Tim F ^a,b   Demment, Montague W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Giraffe; Herbivore; Ruminant; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BITE SIZE; FORAGING; GIRAFFE; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

TANZANIA, MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK;

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS TIPPELSKIRCHI;

EID: 0030618684     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050162     Document Type: Article

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