Multi-spatial co-distribution of the endangered Ladakh urial and blue sheep in the arid Trans-Himalayan mountains

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1162-1169

  Namgail, T ^a,b   van Wieren, S E ^b   Mishra, C ^a   Prins, H H T ^b  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Habitat selection; Ladakh; Ovis vignei; Pseudois nayaur; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; COEXISTENCE; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION; RESOURCE USE; SHEEP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILD POPULATION;

HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS VIGNEI; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; UNGULATA;

EID: 77955173149     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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