Group size, composition and stability of golden takin in Shaanxi Foping Nature Reserve, China

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-298

  Zeng, Zhi Gao ^a   Zhong, Wen Qin ^a   Song, Yan Ling ^a   Li, Jun Sheng ^a   Guo, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi; Foping Nature Reserve; Group composition; Group size; Group stability

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BUDORCAS; BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR; BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR BEDFORDI;

EID: 0036960003     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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