The Impacts of Herbivory on Continental Scales (7 of 10) (IMAGE)

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The Impacts of Herbivory on Continental Scales (7 of 10)

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Wildebeest were classified into the water-dependent grazer functional type, and are here seen drinking from a muddy pan in the Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 27, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by G.P. Hempson at University of Cape Town in Rondebosch, South Africa, and colleagues was titled, "A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large mammal herbivory in Africa."

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Gareth P. Hempson

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