Why should a grazer browse? Livestock impact on winter resource use by bharal Pseudois nayaur

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Suryawanshi, Kulbhushansingh Ramesh ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^c   Mishra, Charudutt ^c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Forage; Trans Himalaya; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGELAND; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMINANTS; SEASONS;

HIMALAYAS;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; UNCIA UNCIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 74449092216     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1467-x     Document Type: Article

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