Status and distribution of the near threatened tibetan argali ovis ammon hodgsoni in Ladakh, India: Effect of a hunting ban

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Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-291

  Namgail, Tsewang ^a,c   Fox, Joseph L ^b   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^a  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gya Miru; India; Ladakh; Ovis ammon hodgsoni; Tibetan argali; Tsokar

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GOAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHEEP; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH; SIKKIM; SOUTH ASIA; TSO KAR BASIN;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68349131195     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000264     Document Type: Article

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