Open AccessNotes on rumen contents of Cape Buffalo <i>Syncerus Caffer</i> in the Addo Elephant National Park
Author(s) -
G. de Graaf,
K.C.A. Schultz,
P.T. van der Waet
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v16i1.884
Subject(s) - national park , rumen , cape , zoology , biology , geography , ecology , archaeology , food science , fermentation
The oesophagus and rumen contents of 18 Capebuffalo that died during the 1969/70 drought in the Addo Elephant National Park near Port Elizabeth were analysedand are discussed as regards a description, based on quantitativedata, of the main vegetation types in the Park. Notes on plantspecies that were observed being utilised by buffalo are also given.