Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas
A Chi-squares contingency table was used to extensively analise animal/habitat interactions in the southern Kalahari conservation areas between 1978 and 1982. The effect of changing environmental con- ditions on the distribution of five large mammalian species (eland Taurotragus oryx, gemsbok Oryx...
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doaj-915918a51186451fb66bc81eed5b86a42020-11-25T02:51:15ZengAOSISKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science0075-64582071-07711984-12-01272119128522Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areasP. T van der Walt0P. F Retief1E. A. N LE Riche2M. G. L Mills3G de Graaff4National Parks Board of TrusteesNational Parks Board of TrusteesKalahari Gemsbok National ParkKalahari Gemsbok National ParkNational Parks Board of TrusteesA Chi-squares contingency table was used to extensively analise animal/habitat interactions in the southern Kalahari conservation areas between 1978 and 1982. The effect of changing environmental con- ditions on the distribution of five large mammalian species (eland Taurotragus oryx, gemsbok Oryx gazella, blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus, red hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus, springbok Antidorcas marsupialis) and the ostrich Struthio camelus is indicated by definite seasonal preferences. A general habitat-use pattern, whereby each habitat type was utilised at some stage during the year by one or more species, as well as a response by the different species to other environmental attributes was found revealing an ecological balance which will be maintained only if the present physical size of the conservation areas in question is maintained indefinitely.http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/573 |
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P. T van der Walt P. F Retief E. A. N LE Riche M. G. L Mills G de Graaff Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science |
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Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas |
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Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas |
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Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas |
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Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas |
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Features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the Ostrich in the Southern Kalahari conservation areas |
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features of habitat selection by larger herbivorous mammals and the ostrich in the southern kalahari conservation areas |
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A Chi-squares contingency table was used to extensively analise animal/habitat interactions in the southern Kalahari conservation areas between 1978 and 1982. The effect of changing environmental con-
ditions on the distribution of five large mammalian species (eland Taurotragus oryx, gemsbok Oryx gazella, blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus, red hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus, springbok Antidorcas marsupialis) and the ostrich Struthio camelus is indicated by definite seasonal preferences. A general habitat-use pattern, whereby each habitat type was utilised at some stage during the year by one or more species, as well as a response by the different species to other environmental attributes was found revealing an ecological balance which will be maintained only if the present physical size of the conservation areas in question is maintained indefinitely. |
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