African buffalo diet in a woodland and bush-dominated biome as determined by stable isotope analysis

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 160-163

  Halley, Duncan J ^a   Minagawa, M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

African Buffalo; Diet; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DIET; GRAZING; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; CHOBE NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BUBALUS; POACEAE; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 18644377341     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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