Habitat use and feeding behaviour of the buffalo and the white rhinoceros in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 72-80

  Perrin, M R ^a   Brereton Stiles, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceratotherium simum; Grazing; Habitat use; Resource partitioning; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE;

HLUHLUWE-UMFOLOZI GAME RESERVE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

BUBALUS; CATENA; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; MAMMALIA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; POACEAE; RHINOCEROS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 0033368827     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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