Browsing and plant traits in nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor savannas in Tanzania
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DOI: 10.1017/s026646741700030x
Abstract: Abstract: Environmental productivity is important in determining defensive or tolerance traits of plants, with nutrient-rich savannas showing tolerance and nutrient-poor showing defence traits. Animals are affected differently by such traits due to differences in size,… read more here.
Keywords: impala; plant traits; nutrient rich; nutrient poor ... See more keywords
Foraging behaviour of wild impala (Aepyceros melampus) and Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli) in relation to sward height
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DOI: 10.1111/aje.12459
Abstract: Foraging behaviour plays a key role in the interaction between herbivores and vegetation, their predominant food source. Understanding this interaction is crucial to providing information that is useful for conservation of herbivores. The objective of… read more here.
Keywords: impala; sward; foraging behaviour; sward height ... See more keywords