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The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama)
Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 1993.
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| author2 | Skinner, J.D. (John Dawson), 1932- |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/83246 The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) Skinner, J.D. (John Dawson), 1932- Kilian, Jan Werner UCTD Spatial and temporal utilization of resources red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 1993. Ibis study on red hartebeest was conducted on the S.A. Lombard Nature Reserve (SALNR), location of one of the largest remaining examples of the Cymbopogon - Themeda grassland. The grassland on the SALNR was characterized by high quantitative and qualitative fluctuations, which elicited spatial and temporal responses from the red hartebeest population. Hartebeest responded to the dry and most limiting period by selecting plant communities of relatively high biomass, including dicotyledenous material in their diet and the tendency to disperse into small groups to minimise intraspecific competition for food. In contrast, hartebeest responded to high rainfall periods by selecting plant communities with the highest nutrient content and forming large herds, which facilitated defence of neonates. During this period of food abundance, their diet consisted almost exclusively of grass. The adaptations to the fluctuating conditions on the western Transvaal Highveld ensured that optimal use of available resources was achieved by the red hartebeest breeding herd on the SALNR. Zoology and Entomology MSc (Zoology) Unrestricted 2022-01-12T06:00:47Z 2022-01-12T06:00:47Z 19/8/2021 1993 Dissertation * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83246 en © 2021 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 University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Spatial and temporal utilization of resources red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| title | The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| title_full | The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| title_fullStr | The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| title_short | The spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| title_sort | spatial and temporal utilization of resources by the red hartebeest alcelaphus buselaphus caama |
| topic | UCTD Spatial and temporal utilization of resources red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83246 |