SURFACE‐WATER CONSTRAINTS ON HERBIVORE FORAGING IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA

By Jessica V. Redfern, R. Grant, H. Biggs, Wayne M. Getz. 2003

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Do landscape heterogeneity and water distribution explain aspects of elephant home range in southern Africa's arid savannas? (2008, background): “…foraging activities in areas close to water during the dry season (Chamaillé-Jammes et al., 2007; de Beer et al., 2006; Gaylard et al., 2003; Leggett, 2006; Osborn and Parker, 2003; Redfern et al., 2003; Smit et al., 2007) and they then conceivably depend on lower quality food (Owen-Smith, 1988).”
Elephant-induced structural changes in the vegetation and habitat selection by large herbivores in an African savanna (2011, methodology): “The distances to water, which influence herbivore habitat selection (Redfern et al., 2003; Smit et al., 2007; Valeix et al., 2009), were extracted from GIS for each plot, ‘used’ and ‘available’.”
Passive external transport of freshwater invertebrates by elephant and other mud-wallowing mammals in an African savannah habitat (2011, background): “In these dryland areas, movement of mammals is strongly linked to availability of surface water (Redfern et al., 2003; Loarie, Aarde & Pimm, 2009) and many species often migrate over long distances to drink (Owen-Smith, 1992).”
Elephant seasonal vegetation preferences across dry and wet savannas (2009, background): “Likewise, other factors that trade-off with herbivore foraging choices such as predator avoidance (Kie, 1999) and water availability (Redfern et al., 2003) vary geographically.”
The costs of drinking: comparative water dependency of sable antelope and zebra (2012, background): “In Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus and buffalo Syncerus caffer were more strongly concentrated near water than wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus and zebra Equus quagga during the dry season, but little of the park area was 45 km from surface water (Redfern et ”
How key habitat features influence large terrestrial carnivore movements: waterholes and African lions in a semi-arid savanna of north-western Zimbabwe (2010, background): “Because the distribution of herbivores in such ecosystems is largely influenced by the distribution of surface water (Redfern et al. 2003; Valeix et al. 2009), lions have a greater chance of encountering their prey in areas surrounding waterholes, and our results showed that lions tend to spend…”
The affects of artificial water availability on large herbivore ranging patterns in savanna habitats: a new approach based on modelling elephant path distributions (2009, background): “The importance of distance to water was expected, given that elephants are known to be water dependent (Western, 1975; Redfern et al., 2003; Grainger et al., 2005).”
Habitat heterogeneity as a driver of ungulate diversity and distribution patterns: interaction of body mass and digestive strategy (2009, background): “Redfern et al. (2003) showed for Kruger National Park that water availability can influence herbivore distribution on a landscape scale.”