A note on growing season food habits of mountain gazelles and Nubian ibex in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 705-709

  Campbell, Patrick ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Capra ibex nubiana; Food habits; Gazella gazella; Mountain gazelle; Nubian ibex; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DIET; MOUNTAIN GAZELLE; NUBIAN IBEX;

SAUDI ARABIA;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX NUBIANA; CAPRA NUBIANA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; NUBIAN;

EID: 0030850156     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0249     Document Type: Article

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