Errors in age determination of mouflon in the field

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 300-306

  Garel, Mathieu ^a,d   Cugnasse, Jean Marc ^b,d,e,f   Hewison, A J Mark ^c   Maillard, Daniel ^b,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d French National Game and Wildlife Service   (France)

^e National Game and Wildlife Service for Aquitaine and Midi Pyrénées Regions   (France)

^f IUCN   (Switzerland)

^g Mountain Wildlife Research Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Age determination; Caroux Espinouse massif; France; Mouflon; Observer error; Ovis gmelini musimon Ovis sp

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ERROR CORRECTION; MORPHOLOGY; SHEEP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; OVIS GMELINI; OVIS SP.;

EID: 33745617051     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[300:EIADOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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