Defining herbivore assemblages in the Kruger National Park: A correlative coherence approach

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 632-640

  Redfern, J V ^a,d   Ryan, S J ^a,b   Getz, W M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlative coherence analysis; Guild aggregation; Herbivore communities; Interspecific competition; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29144438776     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0235-9     Document Type: Article

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