Browse intake rates by bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) and boergoats (Capra hircus)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-155

  Haschick, S L ^a   Kerley, G I H ^a  

^a University of Port Elizabeth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boergoats; Bushbuck; Intake rate; Valley Bushveld

Indexed keywords

BITE SIZE; BOERGOAT; BUSHBUCK; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; INTAKE RATE;

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VALLEY BUSHVELD;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

EID: 0030743644     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1997.072-89072.x     Document Type: Article

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