Resource selection by grazing herbivores on post-fire regrowth in a West African woodland savanna

Wildlife Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Klop, Erik ^a,b   Van Goethem, Janneke ^a   De Iongh, Hans H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; PREDATION RISK; REGROWTH; SAVANNA; UNGULATE; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 34247484468     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR06052     Document Type: Article

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