Seasonal dynamic pattern of spacial territory in social groups of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-220

  Qu, Jiapeng ^a,b   Li, Kexin ^a,b   Yang, Min ^a,b   Li, Wenjing ^a,b   Zhang, Yanming ^a   Smith, Andrew T ^c  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core area; Home range; Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae); Seasonal dynamics; Social group

Indexed keywords

OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 55949121040     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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