Hunting differentially affects mixed-sex and bachelor-herds in a gregarious ungulate, the impala (Aepyceros melampus: Bovidae)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 255-264

  Averbeck, Christiane ^a   Apio, Ann ^b,c   Plath, Martin ^c,d   Wronski, Torsten ^e,f  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antelopes; Group living; Human nuisance; Hunting; Social organization

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; NATIONAL PARK; POACHING; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; AGONIDAE; BOVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 76649088960     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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