Habitat segregation between sympatric Tibetan argali Ovis ammon hodgsoni and blue sheep Pseudois nayaur in the Indian Trans-Himalaya

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-63

  Namgail, Tsewang ^a,b   Fox, Joseph L ^a   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Argali; Blue sheep; Habitat selection; Niche relationship; Ovis ammon hodgsoni; Pseudois nayaur; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNGULATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOIS; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642423818     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004394     Document Type: Article

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