Dietary composition of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus) and cattle (Bos indicus), grazing on a common ranch in south-central Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-92

  Ego, W K ^a   Mbuvi, D M ^b   Kibet, P F K ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle; Composition; Diets; Kongoni; Preferences; Wildebeest

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRAZING; NICHE OVERLAP; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; POACEAE; THEMEDA; THEMEDA TRIANDRA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242584841     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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