The social organization of mountain gazelles Gazella gazella in a population reintroduced to central Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-266

  Dunham, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Arabia; Gazelles; Reintroduction; Social organization

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032728586     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0528     Document Type: Article

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