Intraspecific variation in group size in the blackbuck antelope: The roles of habitat structure and forage at different spatial scales

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 435-444

  Isvaran, Kavita ^a,b  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Antilope cervicapra; Forage; Group living; Habitat structure; Intraspecific variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORAGE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PREDATION; RUMINANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VIGILANCE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; OBSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEXAS;

ANTILOPE; ANTILOPE CERVICAPRA;

EID: 35948999256     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0840-x     Document Type: Article

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