Patterns of elephant damage to vegetation in northern Botswana
โ Scribed by Raphael Ben-Shahar
- Book ID
- 115795174
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 807 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3207
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Background: Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) plants form monotypic woodlands that cover extensive areas in northern Botswana. Mopane is also a principal food item in the diet of elephants. Obtrusive damage to mopane plants as a result of elephant feeding may alter the structure of mopane woodlands. So