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- Title
The diet of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the Riemland of the northeastern Free State, South Africa.
- Authors
Prinsloo, Helen; Harley, Victor; Reilly, Brian; Crowe, Tim
- Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the diet of helmeted guineafowl ( Numida meleagris) in the Riemland and to establish the effects that these gamebirds may be having on cash crop yield. In the Riemland farming community many farmers complain of harvest losses suffered to guineafowl. It was found that the main dietary items during all seasons are corms of weed plants, primarily Cyperus spp. Helmeted guineafowl rely to a large degree on waste maize and germinating wheat during winter when natural food is difficult to find. Although they do not pose any problems with regard to maize farming, this is not necessarily true for wheat farming.
- Subjects
FREE State (South Africa); SOUTH Africa; NUMIDA meleagris; ANIMAL feeding behavior; GAME &; game-birds; CROP yields
- Publication
South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 1, p88
- ISSN
0379-4369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3957/0379-4369-38.1.88