Group size effects on foraging and vigilance in migratory Tibetan antelope

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Lian, Xinming ^a,b   Zhang, Tongzuo ^a,b   Cao, Yifan ^a   Su, Jianping ^a   Thirgood, Simon ^c  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Group size; Kekexili nature reserve; Tibetan antelope; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PREDATION RISK; RUMINANT; SIZE EFFECT; VIGILANCE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PREDATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ATTENTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIBET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KEKEXILI NATURE RESERVE; QINGHAI;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PANTHOLOPS HODGSONII;

EID: 35348867343     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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