Mpala Research Centre Discovery Day 2014

1. WHAT DO CATTLE AND
WILDLIFE EAT?
Robert M. Pringle, Princeton University

2. What we know:
 Cows eat “grass.”
 Wild grazers (zebra, buffalo, etc.)
eat “grass.”
 Wild browsers (giraffe, eland,
etc.) eat “browse.”
 Mixed feeders (impala, elephant,
etc.) eat both.

3. What eats what.
GRE
PLA
COW
BUF
ELE
IMP
DIK
Poaceae.12
Aristida.1
Magnoliophyta.21
Acacia.3
Aristida
Eragrostis.1
Poaceae.2
Magnoliophyta.16
Magnoliophyta.17
Poaceae.7
Eragrostis
Abutilon.6
Abutilon.3
Lamiaceae
Magnoliophyta.22
Malvaceae.1
Poaceae.3
Poaceae.1
Achyranthes.1
Euphyllophyta
Achyranthes.2
Brassicales
Indigofera.2
Croton
Phyllanthus.2
Poaceae.4
Megathyrsus
Magnoliophyta.15
Magnoliophyta.5
Magnoliophyta.4
Setaria
Helichrysum
Magnoliophyta.25
Poaceae.8
Magnoliophyta.3
Poaceae.9
Cynodon
Cynodon.1
Poaceae
Abutilon.1
Poaceae.6
Magnoliophyta.11
Malvaceae
Magnoliophyta.14
Hibiscus.1
Poaceae.5
Magnoliophyta.1
Magnoliophyta.12
Acanthaceae.1
Magnoliophyta.23
Asteraceae
Euclea
Abutilon.2
Poaceae.10
Pentanisia
Magnoliophyta.8
Portulaca
Magnoliophyta.9
Phyllanthus
Phyllanthus.1
Poaceae.11
Indigofera
Acacia.1
Abutilon
Magnoliophyta.7
Monsonia
Abutilon.4
Barleria.1
Solanaceae
Magnoliophyta.2
Balanites.1
Magnoliophyta
Balanites
Indigofera.1
Acacia
Hibiscus
Capparaceae
Magnoliophyta.20
Magnoliophyta.10
Acacia.2
Chenopodium
asterids
Cleome
Magnoliophyta.19
Magnoliophyta.24
Oxygonum
Achyranthes
Lippia
Magnoliophyta.6
Justicia
Magnoliophyta.18
Justicia.1
lamiids
Solanaceae.1
Magnoliophyta.13
Acanthaceae
Maerua
Cadaba
Ornithogalum
Barleria
Ipomoea
Abutilon.5

4. -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5
-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.5
NMDS1
NMDS2
Buffalo
Cattle
Dik-Dik
Elephant
Grevy
Impala
Plains
Diets are different.

5. -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
-1.0-0.50.00.51.0
NMDS1
NMDS2
Buffalo
Cattle
Grevy
Plains
Grazers
only.