The influence of rainfall on range in a female desert ungulate: The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in the Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-377

  Corp, N ^a,b   Spalton, A ^a   Gorman, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian oryx; Oman; Oryx leucoryx; Rainfall; Range

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DESERT; RAINFALL; UNGULATE;

OMAN;

ANIMALIA; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032409361     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998009856     Document Type: Article

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