Body condition in blesbok × bontebok hybrids in the Oviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape Province

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 145-147

  Schmidt, A G ^a  

^a PE Technikon   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Damaliscus; Habitat; Kidney Fat Index; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FAT INDEX; HYBRID; KIDNEY; PHYSICAL CONDITION; PREGNANCY; SEASONALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STOCKING;

BODY CONDITION; HYBRID; NATURE RESERVE; STOCKING DENSITY; UNGULATE;

EASTERN CAPE; OVISTON NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

DAMALISCUS; DAMALISCUS DORCAS; DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS DORCAS; DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS PHILLIPSI; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033493451     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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