Location of rut stands vs. mating opportunities in Przewalski's gazelle: A field test of the "Resource-based Hypothesis" and "Female traffic version of the hotspot hypothesis"

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 701-708

  You, Zhangqiang ^a,b,c   Jiang, Zhigang ^a   Li, Chunwang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Food availability; Hotspot hypothesis; Mating opportunity; Procapra przewalskii; Rut stand

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GAZELLA; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 80055113173     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.6.701     Document Type: Article

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