Competition between domestic livestock and wild bharal Pseudois nayaur in the Indian Trans-Himalaya

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 344-354

  Mishra, Charudutt ^a,b   Van Wieren, Sipke E ^a   Ketner, Pieter ^a   Heitkönig, Ignas M A ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Blue sheep; Diet; Grazing; Rangeland; Resource; Ungulate; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIVESTOCK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SPITI VALLEY;

BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; BOS INDICUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOIS; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; UNGULATA;

EID: 1942521273     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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