Carbon isotope analysis shows introduced bovines have broader dietary range than the largest native herbivores in an Australian tropical savanna
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DOI: 10.1111/aec.12834
Abstract: Australian savannas lack native megaherbivores (>500 kg body mass), but since the commencement of European colonisation in the 19th century bovine livestock, such as cattle (Bos sp.) and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), have established large feral… read more here.
Keywords: grass; isotope analysis; analysis; carbon isotope ... See more keywords