A note on the behavior of feral cattle in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-267

  Hernandez, Lucina ^a   Barral, Henri ^b   Halffter, Gonzalo ^c   Colon, Salvador Sanchez ^d  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^b ORSTOM   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fetal; Free ranging animals; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; DESERT; FERAL ORGANISM; HABITAT USE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033617092     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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