Seasonal range selection in bighorn sheep: conflicts between forage quality, forage quantity, and predator avoidance

Oecologia

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 580-586

  Festa Bianchet, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Foraging; Migration; Predator avoidance; Range selection

Indexed keywords

BIGHORN; FORAGING; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SHEEP;

EID: 0024182872     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00776423     Document Type: Article

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