The feeding ecology of a selective browser, the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

By R. Pellew. 2009

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Isotopic dietary reconstructions of Pliocene herbivores at Laetoli: Implications for early hominin paleoecology (2007, background): “Based on a study of the feeding ecology of the Masai giraffe, G. camelopardalis tippelskirchi, in the Serengeti National Park (Pellow, 1983), Harris (1991) proposed that the larger G. jumae may have specialized in foraging in a habitat equivalent to mid-slope open Acacia–Commiphora woodland and G.…”
Trade-offs in activity budget in an alpine ungulate: contrasting lactating and nonlactating females (2008, result): “Our results suggest that ruminants may be able to compensate, at least partly, for low forage abundance and quality by increasing time spent foraging and ruminating (Trudell & White 1981; Pellew 1984; Hudson & Frank 1987).”
Habitat use patterns in relation to escape terrain : are alpine ungulate females trading off better foraging sites for safety? (2007, background): “1998) and proteins (Pellew 1984) have been shown to influence ungulates’ selectivity and appear to be the most limiting currencies in large foraging herbivores (Owen-Smith and Novellie 1982; Robbins 1993).”