Essays about: "middens"

Found 2 essays containing the word middens.

1. 1. An investigation into whether poaching creates an ecological trap for white rhinoceros in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

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

   Author : Alice Michel; [2019]
   Keywords : ecological trap; rhinoceros; maladaptation; megaherbivore; source-sink; habitat quality; middens;

   Abstract : In an ecological trap, animals choose habitat based upon cues that once led members of their species to optimal habitat, but now lead to habitat where individual fitness is reduced because of changing conditions. The southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is a threatened species due to poaching for its keratin horn. READ MORE

3. 2. Consequences of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) poaching on grassland structure in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in South Africa

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

   Author : Emy Vu; [2018]
   Keywords : white rhinoceros; South Africa; Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park; poaching; African savannah; herbivore; wildlife;

   Abstract : The megaherbivore white rhinoceros plays a vital role in African savannah ecosystem, where it affects the grassland through heavy grazing and creates a mosaic grassland varying in structure. Illegal removal of the white rhinoceros has dramatically increased, and led to a decrease of white rhinoceros’ population density. READ MORE