Food preferences of oribi Ourebia ourebi in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park
Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science
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| Title | Food preferences of oribi Ourebia ourebi in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park | |
| Creator | Reilly, B.K. Theron, G.K. Bothma, J. du P. | |
| Description | During a two-year study on the ecology of oribi Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann, 1783) in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, plant species fed on by oribi were noted. The oribi fed on a total of 22 plant species. Feeding preference categories were assigned according to the degree of use of different plant species, based on direct observation and on a preference rating. The oribi in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park showed a seasonal variation in feeding preferences, utilising several species of forbs primarily during the summer and a marked dif-ference between per cent frequency utilisation of plant species and actual preference rating according to availability of species and for certain plant parts, e.g. for Sporobolus centrifugus. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 1990-10-20 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koedoe.v33i1.452 | |
| Source | Koedoe; Vol 33, No 1 (1990); 55-61 2071-0771 0075-6458 | |
| Language | eng | |
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