Do artificial waterholes influence the way herbivores use the landscape? Herbivore distribution patterns around rivers and artificial surface water sources in a large African savanna park

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-99

  Smit, Izak P J ^a,b   Grant, Cornelia C ^b   Devereux, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial waterholes; Grazing heterogeneity; Kruger National Park; Piosphere; Surface water; Water dependency

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GIS; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAVANNA; SURFACE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

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

EID: 33846514102     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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