Impact of African elephants on Baikiaea plurijuga woodland around natural and artificial watering points in northern Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1355-1368

  Mukwashi, Kanisios ^a,b   Gandiwa, Edson ^a,b   Kativu, Shakkie ^b  

^a Parks and Wildlife Management Authority   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

African savanna; Herbivory; Loxodonta africana; Piosphere; Water points

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HERBIVORY; SAVANNA; WATERING POINT; WOODLAND;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

BAIKIAEA PLURIJUGA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84862738733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18041930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6088/ijes.002020300022     Document Type: Article

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