The relationship between elephants and the riverine tree communities of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana

dc.contributor.advisorMcKenzie, A.A.
dc.contributor.postgraduateMalan, John Willam
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T06:00:54Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T06:00:54Z
dc.date.created19/8/2021
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionDissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 1993.
dc.description.abstractThe species composition, and relative impact of elephants, on the riverine tree Northern Tuli Game Reserve, communities Botswana, in the Were investigated. Elephants showed tortilis, A. nigrescens, A. a preference for Acacia albida and Schotia brachypetala. Croton megalobotrys rarely showed bark damage. Debarking predisposes trees to mortality. Relatively high mortality rates were recorded for preferred species. The dominance of C. megalobotrys may be attributable to a relatively low mortality rate, associated with a low level of bark utilization, and an apparently high recruitment. The riverine tree communities seem to have a retrogressive succession pattern towards monospecific C. megalobotrys stands, facilitated by elephant activity. The energy, phenolic or crude protein content of bark does not explain the species preference of elephants. Species and pliable preferred pliable. bark was preferred. However, species was not necessarily with strong the bark of strong and pliable.
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dc.description.degreeMSc (Zoology)
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomology
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/83258
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
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dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectRelationship
dc.subjectelephants and the riverine tree communities
dc.subjectNorthern Tuli Game Reserve
dc.subjectBotswana
dc.titleThe relationship between elephants and the riverine tree communities of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana
dc.typeDissertation

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