Thesis
The ecology of Serengeti vultures
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The relationship between the whiteback vulture Gyps africanus, and Ruppell's griffon Gyps ruppellii and their food supply was studied in the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania for sixteen months during 1969 and 1970. Seven species of vulture occur in this region, although over most of their ranges each species is separated from the others ecologically and they do not compete. These two griffon vultures both specialise in taking the soft parts of carcasses and be...
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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601870531
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2017-10-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Houston, D; Houston, David C
- Copyright date:
- 1972
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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