Przewalski's horse - Adaptation to semi-wild life in desert conditions

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-57

  Pereladova, O B ^a,b   Sempere A J ^b   Soldatova, N V ^c   Dutov, V U ^c   Fisenko, G ^d   Flint, V E ^a  

^a Moscow 113628 Russia   (Russian Federation)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Ecocenter 'Goitred Gazelle'   (Uzbekistan)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Ecology; Przewalski's horse; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DESERT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS HEMIONUS KULAN; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033000215     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0030605300030234     Document Type: Review

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