Summer grassland cover on cattle farms in KwaZulu-Natal: Does it limit nesting habitat for helmeted guineafowl?

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 105-109

  Malan, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Helmeted guineafowl; Nesting cover; Numida meleagris; Summer grazing

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; GRAZING; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; VEGETATION COVER;

KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; MELEAGRIS; NUMIDA; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032322814     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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