Diet and distribution of elephant in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 188-201

  De Boer, Willem F ^a,b   Ntumi, Cornelio P ^b   Correia, Augusto U ^c   Mafuca, Jorge M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c Direcção Nacional de Florestas e Fauna Bravia ^*  (Mozambique)

^d SADC/GEF   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Browse; Dung; Food; Grass; Habitat; Movements

Indexed keywords

DIET; ELEPHANT; HABITAT USE; POACHING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0033834224     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2000.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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