A mega-herd of more than 200,000 Mongolian gazelles Procapra gutturosa: A consequence of habitat quality

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-153

  Olson, Kirk A ^a,c   Mueller, Thomas ^b,d   Bolortsetseg, Sanjaa ^c   Leimgruber, Peter ^d   Fagan, William F ^e   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Mongolia)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Gazelle; Grassland; Mongolia; NDVI; Nomadism; Oil development; Procapra gutturosa

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECUNDITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

GAZELLA; HEXAPODA; PROCAPRA GUTTUROSA;

EID: 65349131161     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307002293     Document Type: Article

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