Morphometrics and reproduction in a population of springbok Antidorcas marsupialis in the semi-arid southern Kalahari

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-330

  Skinner, J D ^a   Van Aarde, R J ^a   Knight, M H ^a   Dott, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Kalahari; rams; reproduction; rut; springbok

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; OVIS;

MORPHOMETRICS; RUT; SPRINGBOK;

AFRICA, KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0030299349     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00625.x     Document Type: Article

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