Preliminary evidence of a barrier effect of a railroad on the migration of Mongolian gazelles

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 945-948

  Ito, Takehiko Y ^a,e   Miura, Naoko ^b   Lhagvasuren, Badamjav ^c   Enkhbileg, Dulamtseren ^c   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^a   Jiang, Zhaowen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MODIS NDVI; Procapra gutturosa; Satellite tracking; Steppe; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MIGRATION; NDVI; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; UNGULATE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; WORLD;

GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; PROCAPRA GUTTUROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 20044365488     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.004364.x     Document Type: Article

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