The role of soil factors and leaf protein in the utilization of mopane plants by elephants in northern Botswana

BMC Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ben Shahar, Raphael ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE;

NITROGEN; SOIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOTSWANA; CALORIC INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENT; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

EID: 2942754142     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-2-3     Document Type: Article

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