Landscape-scale foraging decisions by reintroduced Arabian oryx

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1142-1154

  Tear, Timothy H ^a   Mosley, Jeffrey C ^b   Ables, Ernest D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Arabian oryx; Deficiencies; Deserts; Foraging theory; Landscape ecology; Learning; Nomad; Nutrition; Oryx leucoryx; Reintroductions; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN ORYX; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MOVEMENT; NUTRIENT; RAINFALL; REINTRODUCTION;

ORYX LEUCORYX; POACEAE; STIPAGROSTIS;

EID: 0031426201     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802112     Document Type: Article

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