Group structure and diurnal behavior of Tibetan gazelle during the birth period

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Lu, Qingbin ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Neijang Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Diurnal behavior; Group structure; Sex ratio; Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata); Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHIQU; SICHUAN;

ANIMALIA; PROCAPRA; PROCAPRA PICTICAUDATA; UNGULATA;

EID: 4344588611     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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