Distributional correlates of the Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata in Ladakh, northern India: Towards a recovery programme

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Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-112

  Namgail, Tsewang ^a,b   Bagchi, Sumanta ^a,c   Mishra, Charudutt ^a   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^a  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ladakh; Livestock wildlife competition; Procapra picticaudata; Resource selection; Tibetan gazelle; Trans Himalaya

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOVERY PLAN; RESOURCE SELECTION; RUMINANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HANLE VALLEY; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA;

BOS GRUNNIENS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS KIANG; GAZELLA; OVIS ARIES; PROCAPRA PICTICAUDATA;

EID: 39749123390     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000768     Document Type: Article

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