Temporal dynamics of the reponses by African mammals to prescribed fire

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-242

  Green, David S ^a   Roloff, Gary J ^a   Heath, Brian R ^b   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mara North Conservancy   (Kenya)

Author keywords

carnivores; fire management; grassland; herbivores; Kenya; large mammal responses; Mara Serengeti ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAVANNA; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

KENYA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; CANIS ADUSTUS; CANIS MESOMELAS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO; OTOCYON MEGALOTIS; PHACOCHOERUS;

EID: 84921602390     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.827     Document Type: Article

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