Adult sex ratio of a wild population of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) at Nxai Pan, Botswana

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-24

  Bednekoff, P A ^a,c   Ritter, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential mortality; Predation; Sex ratio; Springbok

Indexed keywords

ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS;

EID: 0006086345     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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