A comparison of age estimation methods for the saiga antelope Saiga tatarica

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-227

  Lundervold, Monica ^a   Langvatn, Rolf ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Kazakhstan; Saiga; Tooth eruption; Tooth sectioning; Tooth wear; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SAIGA; SAIGA TATARICA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141906398     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.054     Document Type: Article

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