Add to ORKGFire and herbivory are both major drivers in grassland ecosystems throughout the world. Although these two driving forces act independently from one another the relationship between fire and herbivory may be more significant than either acting on their own. Heterogeneity within the landscape as a result of fire results in herbivores having to adapt their behaviour in space and time. My research focussed on 1) characterising the fire regime on Mkambati Nature Reserve (hereafter Mkambati) and 2) determining the foraging choices and energy maximisation principles displayed by herbivores in relation to the biomass of vegetation and post fire vegetation age. Fire regimes were characterised between 2007-2016 in the low nutrient coastal grasslands...
The Bontebok National Park has long been faced with the dilemma of reconciling the need for short-in...
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree...
Africa is often called ‘the fire continent’ based on the high frequency and large extent of burning....
Fire and herbivory are both major drivers in grassland ecosystems throughout the world. Although the...
Fire is one of the major ecological factors that determines structure and function of grassland and ...
Savannah grasslands are occupied by large mammal herbivores whose ecological separation between and...
In savanna ecosystems, fire and herbivory alter the competitive relationship between trees and grass...
Optimal foraging theory provides a powerful quantitative framework to reveal how foraging constraint...
Mammalian herbivory is integral to determining vegetation structure, composition and ecosystem funct...
In areas with diverse herbivore communities such as African savannas, the frequency of disturbance b...
Understanding how different herbivores make forage patch use choices explains how they maintain an a...
Fire is a key determinant of savanna dynamics, particularly with respect to its influence on veget...
Fire is an abiotic factor which has long played a role in savanna and grassland ecosystems. Fire cau...
In areas with diverse herbivore communities such as African savannas, the frequency of disturbance b...
Globally, herbivore populations have become threatened by the effects of a growing human population....
The Bontebok National Park has long been faced with the dilemma of reconciling the need for short-in...
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree...
Africa is often called ‘the fire continent’ based on the high frequency and large extent of burning....
Fire and herbivory are both major drivers in grassland ecosystems throughout the world. Although the...
Fire is one of the major ecological factors that determines structure and function of grassland and ...
Savannah grasslands are occupied by large mammal herbivores whose ecological separation between and...
In savanna ecosystems, fire and herbivory alter the competitive relationship between trees and grass...
Optimal foraging theory provides a powerful quantitative framework to reveal how foraging constraint...
Mammalian herbivory is integral to determining vegetation structure, composition and ecosystem funct...
In areas with diverse herbivore communities such as African savannas, the frequency of disturbance b...
Understanding how different herbivores make forage patch use choices explains how they maintain an a...
Fire is a key determinant of savanna dynamics, particularly with respect to its influence on veget...
Fire is an abiotic factor which has long played a role in savanna and grassland ecosystems. Fire cau...
In areas with diverse herbivore communities such as African savannas, the frequency of disturbance b...
Globally, herbivore populations have become threatened by the effects of a growing human population....
The Bontebok National Park has long been faced with the dilemma of reconciling the need for short-in...
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree...
Africa is often called ‘the fire continent’ based on the high frequency and large extent of burning....