Behaviour-Related Scalar Habitat Use by Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)

E Bennitt, MC Bonyongo, S Harris - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Studies of habitat use by animals must consider behavioural resource requirements at
different scales, which could influence the functional value of different sites. Using Cape …

Land uses on the Botswana/Zimbabwe border and their effects on buffalo

CG Hunter - South African Journal of Wildlife Research-24-month …, 1996 - journals.co.za
This ongoing study relates human land use management to movements by large mammals,
particularly the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Movements are related to two landscape …

Bulk feeder or selective grazer: African buffalo space use patterns based on fine-scale remotely sensed data on forage quality and quantity

Ż Kaszta, J Marino, A Ramoelo, E Wolff - Ecological modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution and behaviour of African large grazers are regulated primarily from the
bottom up, with some species showing clear preferences for certain vegetation types. While …

Habitat Selection by African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Response to Landscape-Level Fluctuations in Water Availability on Two Temporal Scales

E Bennitt, MC Bonyongo, S Harris - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Seasonal fluctuations in water availability cause predictable changes in the profitability of
habitats in tropical ecosystems, and animals evolve adaptive behavioural and spatial …

Seasonal movements and site utilisation by Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in tropical savannas and floodplains of northern Australia

HA Campbell, DA Loewensteiner, BP Murphy… - Wildlife …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Abstract Context The Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is an introduced herbivore of the
savannas and floodplains of northern Australia. Despite the significant environmental …

HABITAT QUALITY AND HETEROGENEITY INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION AND BEHAVIOR IN AFRICAN BUFFALO (SYNCERUS CAFFER)

JA Winnie Jr, P Cross, W Getz - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Top‐down effects of predators on prey behavior and population dynamics have been
extensively studied. However, some populations of very large herbivores appear to be …

Range and habitat selection of African buffalo in South Africa

SJ Ryan, CU Knechtel, WM Getz - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We used more than 10 years of data on buffalo herds in a Geographic Information System
(GIS) of Klaserie Private Nature Reserve (KPNR) to examine ranging behavior and habitat …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of habitat and season on the grouping of forest buffalo resting places

M Melletti, V Penteriani, M Mirabile, L Boitani - 2009 - digital.csic.es
Forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus Boddaert, 1785) is the only forest-dwelling subspecies
of the African buffalo, of which the other two subspecies inhabit savannah lands (Blancou …

Home range occupation and habitat use of sable antelope in the O kavango D elta region of northern B otswana

MC Hensman, N Owen‐Smith, F Parrini… - African Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Animals selectively utilize their environments within a hierarchical framework. Our study
addressed how the home ranges of sable antelope selectively incorporated the landscape …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of forage and water resources shape space use of West African savanna buffaloes

D Cornélis, S Benhamou, G Janeau… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We investigated space-use patterns of the West African savanna buffalo (Syncerus caffer
brachyceros), a little-studied subspecies occurring at the northern limit of the African …