Bactrian camel foraging behaviour in a Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A. Mey) desert of Inner Mongolia

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 330-343

  Mengli, Zhao ^a   Willms, Walter D ^b   Guodong, Han ^a   Ye, Jin ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alashan; Camelus bactrianus ferus; Foraging; Rumination; Seasonal species preferences

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RUMINANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

AGRIOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS BACTRIANUS; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON;

EID: 33746882882     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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