Population and individual elephant response to a catastrophic fire in Pilanesberg National Park.

Population and individual elephant response to a catastrophic fire in Pilanesberg National Park.

In predator-free large herbivore populations, where density-dependent feedbacks occur at the limit where forage resources can no longer support the population, environmental catastrophes may play a significant role in population regulation. The potential role of fire as a stochastic mass-mortality e...

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Main Authors: Leigh-Ann Woolley, Joshua J Millspaugh, Rami J Woods, Samantha Janse van Rensburg, Robin L Mackey, Bruce Page, Rob Slotow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2528941?pdf=render

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