Protecting migration corridors: Challenges and optimism for Mongolian saiga

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1365-1367

  Berger, Joel ^a,b   Young, Julie K ^a,b   Berger, Kim Murray ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GOVERNMENT; GRASSLAND; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

SAIGA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MONGOLIA;

EID: 48349118360     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060165     Document Type: Short Survey

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