Bush selection along foraging pathways by sympatric impala and greater kudu

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-75

  De Garine Wichatitsky, Michel ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^b   Gordon, Iain J ^c,e   Illius, Andrew W ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aepyceros melampus; Browsing; Competition; Feeding height stratification; Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEGUME; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; DICHROSTACHYS; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; MELAMPUS; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; UNGULATA;

EID: 4944242964     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1630-3     Document Type: Article

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