Habitat selection by sympatric chiru and Tibetan gazelle in the Aru Basin, Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Wangdwei, Migmar ^a,b   Fox, Joseph L ^b  

^a TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body size; Chiru (Pantholops hodgsoni); Habitat selection; Microhabitat; Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata)

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349132322     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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