Sexual segregation of habitat by the Alpine Ibex in the French Alps

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1273-1281

  Villaret, Jean C ^a   Bon, Richard ^b   Rivet, Alain ^c  

^a Agence Pour l'Etud Gestion l'E   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine ibex; Capra ibex ibex; France; Sexual segregation; Use of habitat

Indexed keywords

CAPRA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX IBEX;

EID: 0001112817     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383070     Document Type: Article

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