Climate-driven fluctuations in surface-water availability and the buffering role of artificial pumping in an African savanna: Potential implication for herbivore dynamics

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 740-748

  Chamaillé Jammes, Simon ^a,b   Fritz, Hervé ^a   Murindagomo, Felix ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Key resource; Population regulation; Rainfall; Savanna; Waterholes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FORAGE; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; PUMPING; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 35248876129     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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