Winter habitats of dwarf blue sheep (Pseudois schaeferi) and goral (Naemorhedus goral) in Batang County, Sichuan, China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2320-2330

  Shen, Ding Jian ^a   Zheng, He Xun ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Ge, Lai ^c   Zeng, Guo Wei ^c   Huang, Yi Chuan ^c   Li, Kai Jun ^c   Tang, Lun ^c  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEIJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Batang Forest Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Batang; Dwarf blue sheep; Goral; Habitat selection; Winter

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LINE TRANSECT; NATURE RESERVE; RUMINANT; SHEEP; SHRUB; WATER AVAILABILITY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; ZHUBALONG NATURE RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; NAEMORHEDUS GORAL; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; PSEUDOIS SCHAEFERI;

EID: 67649556533     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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