Phenological influences on the utilization of woody plants by eland in semi-arid shrubland

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-75

  Watson, Laurence H ^a,b   Owen Smith, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foraging; Palatable; Total fibre; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PALATABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; UNGULATE; WOODY PLANT;

ANIMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036128014     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0141-6707.2001.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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