Effects of plant phenology and solar radiation on seasonal movement of golden takin in the qinling mountains, China

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-100

  Zeng, Zhi Gao ^a,b   Beck, Pieter S A ^b,c   Wang, Tie Jun ^b   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b   Song, Yan Ling ^a   Gong, Hui Sheng ^d   Prins, Herbert H T ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Foping National Nature Reserve   (China)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Budorcas taxicolor; Forage; Golden takin; Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Phenology; Seasonal movement; Solar radiation; Thermal adaptation

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FORAGE; MOVEMENT; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNGULATE;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR; BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR BEDFORDI; UNGULATA;

EID: 77649125346     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-390R.1.     Document Type: Article

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