Diets and resource sharing among livestock on the Saiq Plateau, Jebel Akhdar Mountains, Oman

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Al Harthi, Laila Said ^a,b   Robinson, Michael D ^a   Mahgoub, Osman ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment Oman   (Oman)

Author keywords

Goat; Middle East mountain ecology; Oman animal husbandry; Sheep and donkey grazing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DIET; GOAT; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; SHEEP;

ASIA; EURASIA; JEBEL AKHDAR; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 59049084751     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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