GEOPHAGY IN THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN RELATION TO AVAILABILITY OF DIETARY SODIUM
By R. Holdo, J. Dudley, L. Mcdowell. 2002
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Subfields: Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Small Animals
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Citations in the corpus
- Mineral Resource Availability and Consumption by Colobus in Kibale National Park, Uganda (2003, background): “…mineral requirements as other more commonly studied herbivores, such as rodents (Weeks and Kirkpatrick, 1978), elephants (Loxodonta africana; Holdo et al. 2002, 1999; Weir, 1972), moose (Alces alces; Belovsky 1981), and other ungulates, e.g., Bison (Bison bison, Delgiudice et al., 1994) and…”
- Mineral Licks as Diversity Hotspots in Lowland Forest of Eastern Ecuador (2011, background): “Similarly, female elephants in Zimbabwe spent more time at mineral licks and consumed more soil than did males, perhaps to supplement their sodium intake [25].”
- Woody plant damage by African elephants in relation to leaf nutrients in western Zimbabwe (2003, background): “…food selection by elephants (protein and sodium) showed only a weak or no association with elephant damage, unlike calcium, magnesium and potassium, which are less likely to be limiting for elephants in this ecosystem (Holdo et al., 2002), but are important for plant growth (Salisbury & Ross 1992).”
- Nutritional ecology of elephants in Kibale National Park, Uganda, and its relationship with crop-raiding behaviour (2006, background): “However, several studies have suggested and documented, via either information on nutrient availability, blood parameters or dietary measures, deficiencies in calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, iodine and essential fatty acids (Dierenfeld 1994, Holdo et al. 2002, Zhang & Wang 2003).”