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Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors
Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29643 Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors Du Toit, J.T. upetd@ais.up.ac.za Frost, Jennifer Sarah Elephants environmental impact analysis waterberg UCTD Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. In May 1994 IFAW funded the relocation of 50 elephants from the Kruger National Park to Welgevonden Private Game Reserve in the Northern Province, South Africa. Impact by the elephants on the vegetation of this reserve has since become a concern. The aim of this study was to quantify impact by the elephants on the woody vegetation by investigating vegetation and habitat use by elephant bachelor and breeding groups. This was determined by comparing resource use between sexes within seasons, and within sexes between seasons. Data were collected at two ecological scales: feeding patch scale and habitat scale. Feeding data were collected from 202 food plots, defined from 161 elephant sightings. In the dry season, when resources are often limited, no difference in feeding patch use was found between bachelor groups and breeding groups. This may suggest a lack of inter-sexual competition and could therefore suggest that the elephant population is currently below carrying capacity. Three habitat types are available to the elephants: plateau, hillslope and valley bottom. Both bachelor groups and breeding groups preferred valley bottom in comparison with habitat availability, in both seasons. When sexes were compared within seasons, in the dry season, bachelor groups used valley bottom more and breeding groups used hillslope more. Zoology and Entomology unrestricted 2013-09-07T16:10:18Z 2005-11-22 2013-09-07T16:10:18Z 2002-04-01 2006-11-22 2005-11-21 Dissertation Frost, J 2002, Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29643 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29643 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11212005-141149/ © 2002, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Elephants environmental impact analysis waterberg UCTD Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| title | Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| title_full | Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| title_fullStr | Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| title_short | Elephants in the Waterberg : impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| title_sort | elephants in the waterberg impacts on woody vegetation by breeding groups compared with bachelors |
| topic | Elephants environmental impact analysis waterberg UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29643 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11212005-141149/ |