Characterization of the spatial distribution of latrines in reintroduced mountain gazelles: Do latrines demarcate female group home ranges?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-101

  Wronski, T ^a,b   Plath, M ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Communication networks; Localized defaecation sites; Reintroduction programmes; Saudi Arabia; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; FECAL PELLET; HOME RANGE; MAPPING; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED LIST; REINTRODUCTION; RUMINANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY; URINE; VULNERABILITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; GAZELLA GAZELLA;

EID: 73349107443     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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