Interactions between feral horses and desert bighorn sheep at water

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 459-466

  Ostermann Kelm, Stacey ^a,e   Atwill, Edward R ^b   Rubin, Esther S ^c,f   Jorgensen, Mark C ^d   Boyce, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Anza Borrego Desert State Park   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^f Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Competition; Equus caballus; Feral horses; Ovis canadensis; Peninsular ranges; Resource partitioning; Wild horses

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE; SHEEP; SYMPATRY; WILD POPULATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 43049107539     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-075R1.1     Document Type: Article

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