Termitaria are focal feeding sites for large ungulates in Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-102

  Mobæk, Ragnhild ^a   Narmo, Anne Kjersti ^a   Moe, Stein R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Macrotermes; Sexual segregation; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GRAZING; TERMITE; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; BOVIDAE; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; EQUUS BURCHELLII; ISOPTERA; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; MACROTERMES; OUREBIA OUREBI; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; TERMITARIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 26244450138     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007272     Document Type: Article

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