Habitat shift and time budget of the Tibetan argali: The influence of livestock grazing

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-31

  Namgail, Tsewang ^a,c   Fox, Joseph L ^b   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^a,d  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Habitat shift; Livestock; Tibetan argali; Time budget; Trans Himalaya

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIVESTOCK; SHEEP; TIME ALLOCATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA; GYA MIRU WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846281928     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0015-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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