Effects of food quality, diet preference and water on patch use by Nubian ibex

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-554

  Hochman, Valeria ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH USE; UNGULATE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

CAPRA NUBIANA;

EID: 33645115037     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14214.x     Document Type: Article

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