Grazing lawns contribute to the subsistence of mesoherbivores on dystrophic savannas

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-116

  Verweij, Richard J T ^a   Verrelst, Jochem ^a   Loth, Paul E ^b   Heitkönig, Ignas M A ^a   Brunsting, Arend M H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY SEASON; FOLIAGE; FOOD SUPPLY; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PROTEIN; RESOURCE USE; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; KOBUS KOB; KOBUS KOB KOB;

EID: 33746867504     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14209.x     Document Type: Article

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