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Food habits of Chanler's mountain reedbuck in a Rift valley ranch
Author(s) -
IRBY L. R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1977.tb00410.x
Subject(s) - biology , eragrostis , botany , ecology
Summary During 1971‐72 contents from the rumens of twenty‐two Chanler's mountain reedbuck ( Redunca fulvorufula chanleri Rothschild) collected in the Arthur Cole Ranch near Gilgil, Kenya were examined. Frequency of occurrence of monocots averaged 99.5% of identifiable fragments. Frequency of occurrence of monocots in the ground stratum of the vegetation averaged 94% in the areas where mountain reedbuck were collected. Of the 11 grass classifications (seven to species and four to genus) considered reliably identifiable in rumens, three ( Themeda triandra, Hyparrhenia spp., and Cymbopogon pospischilii ) were taken more frequently than was expected from their occurrence in the vegetation, six ( Aristida spp., Cynodon spp., Eragrostis spp., Harpachne schimperi, Microchlva kunthii , and Tragus berteronianus ) were taken less frequently, and two ( Bothriochloa insculpta and Enneapogon schimperanus ) were taken in approximately the same ratio as they occurred in the ground stratum of the vegetation.