Time budget-, behavioral synchrony- and body score development of a newly released Przewalski's horse group Equus ferus przewalskii, in the Great Gobi B strictly protected area in SW Mongolia

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 307-321

  Souris, Anne Camille ^a   Kaczensky, Petra ^b,c   Julliard, Romain ^d   Walzer, Christian ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Adaptation; Equus ferus przewalskii; Mongolia; Przewalski's horse; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; GRAZING; HORSE; PROTECTED AREA; REINTRODUCTION; TIME ALLOCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREAT GOBI STRICTLY PROTECTED AREA; MONGOLIA;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS FERUS; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 34948860173     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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