Habitat separation among ungulates in dry tropical forests of Ranthambhore national park Rajasthan

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Bagchi, S ^a   Goyal, S P ^a   Sankar, K ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Habitat; Niche; Rajasthan; Semi arid; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRY FOREST; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNGULATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; RANTHAMBHORE NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

ACACIA; ANOGEISSUS; BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS; BOVIDAE; BUTEA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; GAZELLA; GAZELLA BENNETTII; GREWIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642351065     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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