Spatiotemporal dynamics of forage and water resources shape space use of West African savanna buffaloes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1287-1297

  Cornélis, Daniel ^a   Benhamou, Simon ^b   Janeau, Georges ^c   Morellet, Nicolas ^c   Ouedraogo, Moumouni ^d   De Visscher, Marie Noél ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

behavioral plasticity; foraging; habitat selection; home range; normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); space use; Syncerus caffer brachyceros; West African savanna buffalo

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CATTLE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; NDVI; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER RESOURCE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 83755170650     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-397.1     Document Type: Article

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