Winter activity of muskoxen in relation to foraging conditions

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Schaefer, James A ^a,b   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Government of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Forage; Muskox; Snow; Time budgets

Indexed keywords

OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

ACTIVITY PERIOD; MUSK OX;

EID: 0030464491     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682325     Document Type: Article

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