Impacts of grassland fence on the behavior and habitat area of the critically endangered Przewalski's gazelle around the Qinghai Lake

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2262-2268

  You, ZhangQiang ^a,b,c   Jiang, ZhiGang ^a   Li, ChunWang ^a   Mallon, David ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fence line; habitat; livestock; Procapra przewalskii; range management

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; GAZELLA; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84880074205     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5844-9     Document Type: Article

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