Seasonal changes in group size and composition of Arabian sand gazelle Gazella subgutturosa marica Thomas, 1897 during a period of drought in central western Saudi Arabia

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Cunningham, Peter Low ^a,b   Wronski, Torsten ^a,b  

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

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desert ungulate; Group variations; Mahazat as Sayd protected area; Seasonality; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA MARICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 78651447836     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.1.36     Document Type: Article

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