Levels of aloe mortality with and without elephants in the thicket biome of South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-251

  Parker, D M ^a   Bernard, R T F ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fforaging; Loxodonta africana; Thicket Biome

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEPHANT; EXTINCTION; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORTALITY;

AFRICA; CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALOE; BOS; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 66749144939     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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