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Publikováno v:
Journal of Animal Science. 82:3560-3566
Six Angus crossbred cow-calf pairs (653 +/- 35 kg and 157 +/- 10 kg initial BW for cows and calves, respectively) were used to evaluate the influence of a fiber-based creep feed on intake, ruminal fermentation, digestion characteristics, and microbia
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African Journal of Ecology. 39:140-145
Evaluation of alternative techniques used to estimate elephant population sizes is important in order to assess the accuracy of the results obtained, upon which management decisions may be based. Data from annual helicopter surveys carried out in the
Publikováno v:
Environmental monitoring and assessment. 37(1-3)
The Eastern Cape Subtropical Thicket (ECST) forms the transition between forest, semiarid karroid shrublands, and grassland in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Undegraded ECST forms an impenetrable, spiny thicket up to 3 m high consisting of a wealth
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African Journal of Ecology. 34:312-330
Summary The timing and duration of the male rut were monitored in a population of springbok in the Kalahari from 1984. Timing was random and could not be related to any proximate factor; the duration varied from 5 to 23 days. Springbok rams were shot
Autor:
M. H. Knight
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Ecology. 33:377-394
Summary In the southern Kalahari during the dry season of 1985 varying numbers of ostrich and four large indigenous ungulate species died because of drought conditions. These dry conditions had prevailed for the previous six years. Percentage estimat
Autor:
M. H. Knight
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African Journal of Ecology. 33:71-80
Summary The use of water-rich tsama melons, Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae), by the indigenous wildlife in the southern Kalahari was investigated. The melons were found to mature in the cold-dry season, a period devoid of natural drinking water. Th
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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 50:125-142
SUMMARY The morphology of the adult springbok digestive tract is described macroscopically and complemented by relevant microscopic observations. Weights and measurements of the different parts are provided as are plates, with drawings and photograph
Autor:
G. I. H. Kerley, M. H. Knight
Publikováno v:
Africa Insight; Vol 39, No 3 (2009)
The responsibility for the conservation of the critically endangered Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, lies within Africa. This species is managed at the subspecies level and we document nine international translocation case studies involving South
Publikováno v:
Journal of animal science. 82(12)
Six Angus crossbred cow-calf pairs (653 +/- 35 kg and 157 +/- 10 kg initial BW for cows and calves, respectively) were used to evaluate the influence of a fiber-based creep feed on intake, ruminal fermentation, digestion characteristics, and microbia
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The American journal of physiology. 267(6 Pt 2)
Using miniature data loggers, we measured the temperatures of carotid blood and brain in four wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) every 2 min for 3 wk and every 5 min, in two of the animals, for a further 6 wk. The animals ranged freely in their natural h