Food habits of blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur in the Helan Mountains, China

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Liu, Zhensheng ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Teng, Liwei ^a   Cao, Lirong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Foraging; Habitat preference; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONTANE FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

CAREX; OVIS ARIES; POA; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; STIPA; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA; UNGULATA;

EID: 34248351533     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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