Temporal dynamics of dry-season water-hole use by large African herbivores in two years of contrasting rainfall in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Valeix, Marion ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

African savanna; aggregation; browsers; drinking behaviour; elephants; environmental variability; grazers

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BROWSING; DRINKING WATER; DRY SEASON; ELEPHANT; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 79957484226     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000647     Document Type: Article

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