Social structure of goitered gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) in Kalamaili Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-357

  Qiao, Jianfang ^a,b   Yang, Weikang ^a   Xu, Wenxuan ^a,b   Liu, Wei ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Goitered gazelles (gazella subgutturosa); Group size; Group type; Kalamaili mountain; Social group

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA;

EID: 77954941016     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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