Detecting changes in elephant body condition in relation to resource quality

Elephants, as megaherbivores, are known to have extensive impacts on vegetation, especially in enclosed areas. This raises the issue that elephants in enclosed areas may become limited by resource availability. Resource limitation is generally expressed via density dependence, but elephants, due to...

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Main Author: De Klerk, Christelle
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10948/939