Baboon carnivory and raptor interspecific competition in the Namib desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-249

  Davies, Jonathan G ^a,c   Cowlishaw, Guy ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baboons; black kites; competition; klipspringer; predation

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANTELOPE; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS URSINUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030267624     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0106     Document Type: Article

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