Grouping pattern of the goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa (Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae) in Kazakhstan

Mammalia

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Blank, David ^a,b   Yang, Weikang ^a   Xia, Canjun ^a,c   Xu, Wenxuan ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

annual cycle; arid environment; feeding ecology; group composition; group size

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RUMINANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

KAZAKHSTAN;

BOVIDAE; CETARTIODACTYLA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA;

EID: 84861398111     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2011-0026     Document Type: Article

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