Dietary overlap of Przewalski's gazelle, Tibetan gazelle, and Tibetan sheep on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 944-948

  Li, Zhongqiu ^a,b   Jiang, Zhigang ^a   Li, Chunwang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Diet; Food habit; Livestock; Procapra picticaudata; Procapra przewalskii; Qinghai Lake

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DICOTYLEDON; DIETARY OVERLAP; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; GRASS; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OVERWINTERING; PASTURE; RUMINANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; BUHA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ASTERACEAE; CYPERACEAE; FABACEAE; GAZELLA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; PROCAPRA PICTICAUDATA; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 43249091538     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-233     Document Type: Article

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