Dietary overlap between Przewalski's gazelle and domestic sheep in the Qinghai Lake region and implications for rangeland management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-246

  Liu, Bingwan ^a,b   Jiang, Zhigang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dietary overlap; Przewalski's gazelle; Qinghai Lake; Tibetan sheep

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; FECES; RANGELAND; SHEEP; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE;

CYPERACEAE; OVIS ARIES; PROCAPRA; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII; ROSACEAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942454224     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0241:DOBPGA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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