title: Home range - body mass relations: a field study on African browsing ruminants.
abstract: Home range data were collected concurrently from four syntopic browsing ruminant species in a conserved savanna ecosystem. Mean home range areas were: giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) 282 km2; kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) 21.9 km2; impala (Aepyceros melampus) 5.82 km2; steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) 0.62 km2. Home range area (Ahr) scaled on body mass (M) as: Ahr=0.024 M1.38(r2=0.99).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, P.O. Box MP167, Harare, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: du Toit
keywords: Allometry; Browsing ruminants; Home range