Soil nutrient status determines how elephant utilize trees and shape environments

1. Elucidation of the mechanism determining the spatial scale of patch selection by herbivores has been complicated by the way in which resource availability at a specific scale is measured and by vigilance behaviour of the herbivores themselves. To reduce these complications, we studied patch selec...

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Published in:	The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 875 - 883
Main Authors:	Pretorius, Yolanda, de Boer, Willem F., van der Waal, Cornelis, de Knegt, Henjo J., Grant, Rina C., Knox, Nicky M., Kohi, Edward M., Mwakiwa, Emmanuel, Page, Bruce R., Peel, Mike J. S., Skidmore, Andrew K., Slotow, Rob, van Wieren, Sipke E., Prins, Herbert H. T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 01.07.2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell
Subjects:	african savannas analysis Animal and plant ecology Animal ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Bark Biological and medical sciences Colophospermum mopane Coppicing east-africa Ecosystem Elephants Elephants - physiology Fabaceae Fabaceae - metabolism field experimentation Food Preferences food quality forage quality Foraging Foraging behavior Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects habitat selection Herbivores Indexing in process large herbivores Leaves Loxodonta africana metabolism national-park Nitrogen Nitrogen - metabolism nitrogen content NPK fertilizers Nutrient availability Nutrient concentrations Nutrient content nutrient load Nutrient loading Nutrient status Nutrient utilization Nutrients patch selection patch structure phosphorus Phosphorus - metabolism physiology Plant Leaves Plant Leaves - metabolism Plant nutrition Plant species Plants pollution load predation Resource availability reuse risk roots Soil Soil - analysis Soil nutrients Soils South Africa Spatial distribution Spatial ecology spatial scale Trees Trees - metabolism Wildlife ecology woody vegetation South Africa Status Soils Load Colophospermum mopane Reuse Tree Environment Nutrient Spatial scale Nitrogen patch selection nutrient load
ISSN:	0021-8790, 1365-2656, 1365-2656
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