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Studies on the food and feeding behaviour of the Reedbuck Redunca Arundinum Boddaert, 1785 in the Kruger National Park

Hartmut Jungius
Koedoe | Vol 14, No 1 | a718 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v14i1.718 | © 1971 Hartmut Jungius | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 21 May 1971 | Published: 21 May 1971

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Hartmut Jungius,, South Africa

Abstract

Feeding behaviour of the reedbuck was observed near Pretoriuskop and in the Shawu vlei in the Kruger National Park from March 1967 to April 1968. Grazing behaviour, rumination, grazing sites and competition with other herbivores are discussed as well as an analysis of the food species.

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