Options for eland: a multi-scale assessment of antipredatory responses of a vulnerable prey species to their dominant predator in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Eland Tragelaphus oryx are the largest and slowest African antelope, falling within the preferred weight range of the prey of lions Panthera leo. Little is known, however, about the antipredatory strategies employed by eland. Rapid population declines in several small reserves following the reintrod...

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Main Author: Leaver, Jessica
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6570