Differing influences of resource availability on the demographics and habitat selection of wildebeest compared with impala

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-198

  O'Kane, Christopher A J ^a,b   Page, Bruce R ^b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

competition; Fecundity; Fire; GIS; Grass flush; Juvenile mortality; Rainfall; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GIS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; UNGULATE; DATA SET; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ITHALA GAME RESERVE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84899049053     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467414000133     Document Type: Article

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