Indirect interactions between elephants (Loxodonta africana) and mopane caterpillars (Imbrasia belina) through their shared food resource – mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane)

Indirect interactions between elephants (Loxodonta africana) and mopane caterpillars (Imbrasia belina) through their shared food resource – mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane)

Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) trees are browsed upon by two key species, namely mopane caterpillars (Imbrasia belina) and African elephants (Loxodonta africana), which each inflict a different type of damage while feeding, namely defoliation (leaf removal) and pruning (branch and/or stem breakage)....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Nagy Koves Hrabar, Helena
Other Authors: Prof J T du Toit
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Indirect interactions
Loxodonata africana
Mopane caterpillars
Imbrasia belina
Elephants
Colophospermum mopane
Mopane worm
Mopane trees
Symbiosis
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29289
De Nagy Koves Hrabar, H 2006, Indirect interactions between elephants (Loxodonta africana) and mopane caterpillars (Imbrasia belina) through their shared food resource – mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane), PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29289 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11072006-180811/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29289
De Nagy Koves Hrabar, H 2006, Indirect interactions between elephants (Loxodonta africana) and mopane caterpillars (Imbrasia belina) through their shared food resource – mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane), PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29289 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11072006-180811/

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