Trade-off between resource seasonality and predation risk explains reproductive chronology in impala

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Moe, S R ^a   Rutina, L P ^a,b   Du Toit, J T ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Department of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Botswana)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aepyceros melampus; Birth synchrony; Chobe National Park; Population ecology; Ungulate breeding

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOME RANGE; LUNAR CYCLE; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANT; RUTTING; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; CHOBE NATIONAL PARK; MALA MALA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 35348964109     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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