Reproductive parameters, kidney fat index, and grazing activity relationships between the sexes in Cantabrian chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica parva

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-324

  Pérez Barbería, F Javier ^a   Mutuberría, Gonzalo ^a   Nores, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Body condition; Fecundity; Grazing activity; Reproductive parameters; Rupicapra pyrenaica parva

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GRAZING; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; UNGULATE;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICARPA PYRENAICA;

EID: 0345698839     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.98-26     Document Type: Article

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