Winter group size and composition of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) in the Helan Mountains, China

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-204

  Cao, Lirong ^a   Liu, Zhensheng ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Hu, Tianhua ^c   Zhai, Hao ^c   Hou, Jianhai ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur); Group size and composition; Winter

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; GROUP SIZE; SHEEP; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR;

EID: 20444412736     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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