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Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi
Spatial scaling laws predict that patch choke in animals in determined by body size, with smaller animals utilising smaller patches. However, this theory does not take into consideration the potential impact predator avoidance behaviour may have on patch choice. Smaller animals are more at risk from...
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| author | Ballantyne, Fiona |
| author2 | Bond, William |
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| description | Spatial scaling laws predict that patch choke in animals in determined by body size, with smaller animals utilising smaller patches. However, this theory does not take into consideration the potential impact predator avoidance behaviour may have on patch choice. Smaller animals are more at risk from predation; thus they have to choose grazing patches that meet their nutritional requirements without exposing themselves to an added risk of predation |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/39099 Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi Ballantyne, Fiona Bond, William Botany Spatial scaling laws predict that patch choke in animals in determined by body size, with smaller animals utilising smaller patches. However, this theory does not take into consideration the potential impact predator avoidance behaviour may have on patch choice. Smaller animals are more at risk from predation; thus they have to choose grazing patches that meet their nutritional requirements without exposing themselves to an added risk of predation 2023-12-04T08:18:39Z 2023-12-04T08:18:39Z 2004 2023-12-04T06:58:29Z Thesis / Dissertation Honours BScHons http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39099 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science |
| spellingShingle | Botany Ballantyne, Fiona Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi |
| thesis_degree_str | Bachelor's / Honours |
| title | Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi |
| title_full | Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi |
| title_fullStr | Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi |
| title_short | Are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments? : a study on grazing ungulates in Hluhluwe Imfolozi |
| title_sort | are animals choosing foraging patches according to spatial scaling laws or predator avoidance arguments a study on grazing ungulates in hluhluwe imfolozi |
| topic | Botany |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39099 |
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