Effect of supplementary feeding on the social behaviour and distribution patterns of free-ranging southern white rhinoceros

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2016-0016" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2016-0016</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2016-0016" target="_blank" >10.1515/mammalia-2016-0016</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effect of supplementary feeding on the social behaviour and distribution patterns of free-ranging southern white rhinoceros

Original language description

We studied the distribution and social behaviour of free-ranging southern white rhinos in two smaller reserves in South Africa. In the first reserve, the rhinos were supplementary-fed while in the second one, the rhinos depended on natural grazing. Following the start of supplementary feeding in the first reserve, the rhinos changed their distribution and concentrated in areas around the feeding places. We observed the social behaviour of rhinos at places, where they frequently gathered and the agonistic interactions between them were significantly more frequent at the feeding places (in the first reserve) than at the natural grazing and resting area (in the second reserve). A sufficient number of feeding places and especially their good dispersion could help decrease the agonistic behaviour. Knowledge of the social behaviour of free-ranging rhinos at potentially competitive places in smaller reserves can also be very valuable for better understanding of behaviour of captive animals.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mammalia

ISSN

0025-1461

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

81

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

"433–443"

UT code for WoS article

000407938400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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