Elephant herbivory in Majete wildlife reserve, Malawi

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-543

  Staub, Caroline G ^a   Binford, Michael W ^a   Stevens, Forrest R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Browsing; Density; Elephants; Habitat transformation; Malawi; Miombo woodland

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DAMAGE; DICOTYLEDON; ELEPHANT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORY; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODLAND;

MAJETE WILDLIFE RESERVE; MALAWI;

ACACIA; BRACHYSTEGIA; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 84886295013     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12064     Document Type: Article

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