Elephants and low rainfall alter woody vegetation in Etosha National Park, Namibia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-421

  De Beer, Y ^a   Kilian, W ^b   Versfeld, W ^b   Van Aarde, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Etosha Ecological Institute   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Fixed point photographs; Loxodonta africana; Rainfall; Survival; Water augmentation

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; RAINFALL; SURVIVAL; WATER RESOURCE; WOODY PLANT;

AFRICA; ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; NAMIBIA (PLANT);

EID: 28444453320     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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