Daurian pikas (Ochotona daurica) and grassland condition in eastern Mongolia

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-288

  Komonen, Minna ^a   Komonen, Atte ^b,d   Otgonsuren, Avirmed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Eastern Steppe Biodiversity Project   (Mongolia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Daurian pika; Grasslands; Mongolia; Ochotona; Overgrazing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; LAGOMORPH; LIVESTOCK; OVERGRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA DAURICA; OCHOTONA DAUURICA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 0037337642     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003266     Document Type: Article

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