Another one bites the dust: Does incisor-arcade size affect mass gain and survival in grazing ungulates?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1623-1629

  Von Hardenberg, Achaz ^a,b   Shipley, Bill ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Alpine Wildlife Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BODY MASS; FORAGING;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE; BODY MASS; DENTITION; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; RAM MOUNTAIN;

LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0348011454     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-141     Document Type: Article

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