Time as a constraint on the distribution of feral goats at high latitudes

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-410

  Dunbar, Robin I M ^a   Shi, Jianbin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DAY LENGTH; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FERAL ORGANISM; GOAT; LATITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE;

HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; RUM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84874330010     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20596.x     Document Type: Article

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