Analysis of survival curves in seasonally mated pastoral goat herds in northern Kenya using logistic regression techniques

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 621-640

  Hary, Ingo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Goats; Northern Kenya; Pastoral systems; Seasonal breeding; Survival performance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; GOAT; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASTORALISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ISIOLO DISTRICT; KENYA;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0036528820     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0919     Document Type: Article

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