Characteristic activity patterns of female mouflons (Ovis orientalis musimon) in the lambing period

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 281-292

  Langbein, Jan ^a   Streich, Jürgen ^b   Scheibe, Klaus M ^b  

^a Inst fur Angew Agrarokologie   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Discriminant analysis; Mouflon; Ovis orientalis musimon; Parturition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT USE; LAMBING SEASON; MOUFLON;

OVIS ORIENTALIS; OVIS ORIENTALIS MUSIMON;

EID: 0031847527     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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