image: Black rhino in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa is shown. These mega-browsers now number only about 5000 individuals, although their ecological legacy is preserved in African flora. 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." view more
Credit: Gareth P. Hempson