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dc.contributor.advisorMaritz, Bryan
dc.contributor.authorTokota, Silindokuhle
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-31T07:56:31Z
dc.date.available2021-05-31T07:56:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/8265
dc.descriptionMagister Scientiae (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology) - MSc (Biodiv and Cons Biol)en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies on snake competitive interactions have relatively been well documented globally, however, those examples tend to be dominated by non-African examples. Africa has a large and spectacular reptile diversity and yet robust and empirical studies on snake population ecology remain poorly understood or documented. Given the close phylogenetic relationship between the two species, as well as the remarkable similarities in overall appearance, morphology, reproductive biology, and most importantly geographic distribution, Psammophis crucifer and Psammophylax rhombeatus offered an ideal study system in which to ask questions related to interspecific competition and niche partitioning.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectCompetitionen_US
dc.subjectNiche partitioningen_US
dc.subjectPsammophylax r. rhombeatusen_US
dc.subjectPsammophis cruciferen_US
dc.subjectDieten_US
dc.titleQuantifying competition in two co-occurring southern African psammophiinae snakes: Psammophis crucifer and psammophylax r. Rhombeatusen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Western Capeen_US


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