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Food preferences of oribi Ourebia ourebi in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park

B.K. Reilly, G.K. Theron, J. du P. Bothma
Koedoe | Vol 33, No 1 | a452 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v33i1.452 | © 1990 B.K. Reilly, G.K. Theron, J. du P. Bothma | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 20 October 1990 | Published: 20 October 1990

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B.K. Reilly, Nature and Environmental Conservation, South Africa
G.K. Theron, University of Pretoria, South Africa
J. du P. Bothma, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Abstract

During a two-year study on the ecology of oribi Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann, 1783) in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, plant species fed on by oribi were noted. The oribi fed on a total of 22 plant species. Feeding preference categories were assigned according to the degree of use of different plant species, based on direct observation and on a preference rating. The oribi in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park showed a seasonal variation in feeding preferences, utilising several species of forbs primarily during the summer and a marked dif-ference between per cent frequency utilisation of plant species and actual preference rating according to availability of species and for certain plant parts, e.g. for Sporobolus centrifugus.

Keywords

Golden Gate Highlands National Park, oribi, Ourebia ourebi, feeding preferences.

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