Essays about: "kudu"

Found 3 essays containing the word kudu.

  1. 1. African elephants' effect on the temporal use of elephant highway by predator and prey. Makgadikgadi Pans National Park.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Rebecka Relfsson; [2023-08-18]
    Keywords : African savanna elephant; elephant highways; interspecies interactions; predation avoidance; predator-prey interaction; temporal activity;

    Abstract : African savanna elephants (Loxondonta africana) are the world’s largest land-mammal and are considered a keystone species. The effect they have on vegetation and their environment is well known, but their effect on other animal species is less studied. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bevarandet av afrikansk vildhund (Lycaon pictus) : potentiella strategier för att förbättra artens fortsatta överlevnad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Lovisa Snygg; [2019]
    Keywords : afrikansk vildhund; Lycaon pictus; reproduktion; habitat; sjukdomar hos afrikansk vildhund; attityd mot afrikansk vildhund;

    Abstract : Den afrikanska vildhunden (Lycaon pictus) är en karnivor i hunddjursfamiljen. Majoriteten av dess populationen finns i södra Afrika och i de södra delarna av Östafrika. De lever i sociala grupper, så kallade flockar, som kan ha ett medlemsantal mellan 3–44 individer. READ MORE

  4. 3. Effects of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on forage opportunities for local ungulates through pushing over trees

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Janson Wong; [2013]
    Keywords : African elephants; cascade effects; forage; treefalls; fallen trees; common duiker; kudu; black rhinoceros;

    Abstract : African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are ecosystem engineers that have the ability to alter the physical structure of the landscape it inhabits and subsequently affect the livelihood of other local species. This study evaluated the landscape and plant level impacts by elephants by means of fallen trees in the Karoo ecosystem. READ MORE