Sex, seasonal and spatial differences in the diet of Cantabrian chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica parva

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-46

  Pérez Barbería, F Javier ^a   Oliván, Mamen ^b   Osoro, Koldo ^b   Nores, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Inst Experimentacion Promocion A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Mountains; diet composition; grazing ecology; Rupicapra pyrenaica parva; sexual segragation; Spain

Indexed keywords

CABRERA; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA PARVA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

CHAMOIS; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE;

SPAIN, CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030609568     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.97-5     Document Type: Article

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