Feeding time budgets of selected African ruminant and non-ruminant grazers

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 410-412

  Twine, Wayne ^a  

^a Wits Rural Facility   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; MAMMAL;

BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036891340     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2002.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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