Social system development and variability in a reintroduced Arabian oryx population

Biological Conservation

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Tear, Timothy H ^a   Ables, Ernest D ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf rearing; Desert ecosystems; Herbivore reintroductions; Mating system; Resource exploitation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; MATING BEHAVIOR; REINTRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

OMAN;

MAMMALIA; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX;

EID: 0033169075     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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