Elephants, woodlands and biodiversity in Southern Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 231-236

  Cumming, David H M ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^b   Rautenbach, Ignatius L ^c   Taylor, Russell D ^a   Cumming, Graeme S ^d   Cumming, Meg S ^a   Dunlop, Jennifer M ^b   Ford, A Gavin ^b   Hovorka, Mark D ^b   Johnston, David S ^b   Kalcounis, Matina ^b   Mahlangu, Zaccheus ^e   Portfors, Christine V R ^b  

^a WWF Programme Office   (Zimbabwe)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN ELEPHANT; GAME RESERVE; MIOMBO; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

AVES; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; FORMICIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 14444284568     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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