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Notes on rumen contents of Cape Buffalo Syncerus Caffer in the Addo Elephant National Park
Submitted: 27 July 1973 | Published: 28 July 1973
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G. de Graaf,, South AfricaK.C.A. Schultz,, South Africa
P.T. van der Waet,, South Africa
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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.
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