Social organisation and population structure of ungulates in a dry tropical forest in western India (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-49

  Bagchi, Sumanta ^a,b   Prakash Goyal, Surendra ^a   Shankar, Kalyanasundaram ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group composition; Group size; Population structure; Social organization; Tropical ungulates

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; DRY FOREST; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RUMINANT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; RANTHAMBHORE NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; GAZELLA BENNETTII; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 40949136147     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.008     Document Type: Article

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