Vigilance in Przewalski's gazelle: Effects of sex, predation risk and group size

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-308

  Li, Z ^a,b   Jiang, Z ^a   Beauchamp, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group size effect; Predation risk; Procapra przewalskii; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROUP SIZE; PREDATION RISK; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE; VULNERABILITY;

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

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII; UNGULATA;

EID: 62749109405     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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