Spatial distribution and habitat selection in coexisting species of mountain ungulates

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-53

  Darmon, Gaëlle ^a,b   Calenge, Clément ^c   Loison, Anne ^d   Jullien, Jean Michel ^e   Maillard, Daniel ^e   Lopez, Jean François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Univ de Savoie ^*

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e CNERA Faune de Montagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEADOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; PASTURE; RUMINANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CAREX FERRUGINEA; CAREX SEMPERVIRENS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; OVIS GMELINI; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; SESLERIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84860389783     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06664.x     Document Type: Article

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