Diet selection of goats in the communally grazed Richtersveld National Park

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Hendricks, H H ^a   Novellie, P A ^a   Bond, W J ^b   Midgley, J J ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dietary preferred plants; Foraging; Growth form; Principal foods; Succulent Karoo

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036586670     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110209485769     Document Type: Article

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