Termitaria as browsing hotspots for African megaherbivores in miombo woodland

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-343

  Loveridge, John P ^a   Moe, Stein R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Browsing ecology; Diceros bicornis; Elephant; Loxodonta africana; Miombo; Rhinoceros; Termitaria; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; HERBIVORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ANIMALIA; COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; DICEROS BICORNIS; DICHROSTACHYS; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; ELEPHANT; ISOPTERA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS; TERMITARIA;

EID: 2542421260     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001202     Document Type: Article

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