Foraging efficiency and vigilance behaviour of impala: The influence of herd size and neighbour density

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Smith, Sonja M ^a,c   Cain III, James W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aepyceros melampus; Competition; Gregarious; Group foraging; Predator avoidance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; INGESTION RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RUMINANT; VIGILANCE;

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

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 60849130983     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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