Seasonal effects on the feeding ecology and habitat of Chersina Angulata in the South Western Cape

Seasonal effects on the feeding ecology and habitat of Chersina Angulata in the South Western Cape

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology) === Nearly one-third of the world’s tortoises live in South Africa, but little is known about their habitat requirements and feeding ecology. Chersina angulata, the angulate tortoise, is endemic to southern Africa, with a wide distri...

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Main Author: Joshua, Quinton Ignatius
Other Authors: Hofmeyr, Margaretha D.
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2014
Subjects:
Angulate tortoise
Coprophagy
Dassen Island
Faecal analysis
Focal observations
Herbivore
Lithophagy
Proportional similarity index
Reptile
Seed consumption
West Coast National Park
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3032

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http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3032

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