Home ranges of female mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis nelsoni: Effects of precipitation in a desert ecosystem

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-401

  Oehler Sr , M W ^a,b   Bowyer, R T ^a   Bleich, V C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Forage; Home range; Mountain sheep; Ovis canadensis nelsoni; Population persistence; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; DESERT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); UNGULATE;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642579587     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.3.385     Document Type: Article

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