Summer diets of wild and domestic ungulates in Nepal Himalaya

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-119

  Shrestha, Rinjan ^a,b   Wegge, Per ^b   Koirala, Rita A ^c  

^a King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Argali; Blue sheep; Capra hircus; Diet; Faecal analysis; Mountain ungulates; Ovis ammon hodgsoni; Pseudois nayaur

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIVESTOCK; SUMMER; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; DHAULAGIRI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MUSTANG; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

AGROSTIS; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; STIPA; UNGULATA;

EID: 20444422957     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905006527     Document Type: Article

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