Footedness in foraging muskoxen Ovibos moschatus

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-338

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Government of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Footedness; Lateralisation; Ovibos moschatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 0030799822     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.97-34     Document Type: Article

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