Argali Ovis ammon surveys in Mongolia's South Gobi

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Reading, Richard P ^a   Amgalanbaatar, Sukhiin ^b   Mix, Henry ^c   Lhagvasuren, Badamjaviin ^d  

^a DENVER ZOO   (United States)

^b Ministry for Nature and Environment   (Mongolia)

^c Nature Conservation International   (Germany)

^d Academy of Sciences of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGALI; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; MAMMAL SURVEY;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030716261     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1997.d01-17.x     Document Type: Article

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