Seasonal use and selection of habitat by mouflon (Ovis gmelini): Comparison of the sexes

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-67

  Cransac, N ^a   Hewison, A J M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Habitat use; Mouflon; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOREST; GRASS; GROUP DYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER;

OVIS GMELINI;

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOUFLON; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 0030609715     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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