Landscape complementation and food limitation of large herbivores: Habitat-related constraints on the foraging efficiency of wild pigs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-26

  Choquenot, David ^a   Ruscoe, Wendy A ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food limitation; Foraging efficiency; Landscape complementation; Large herbivores; Source sink dynamics; Spatial modelling; Vegetation herbivore interaction; Wild pigs

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT; HERBIVORE; PASTURE; PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037281529     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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