Frequency of birth and lambing sites of a small population of mountain sheep

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 354-360

  Etchberger, Richard C ^a,b   Krausman, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM; ENCELIA FARINOSA; FEROCACTUS WISLIZENII; LARREA TRIDENTATA; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0032844686     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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