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THE MANAGEMENT OF UNGULATES IN PROTECTED AREAS
No full textProtected areas are essential for biodiversity conservation. They are the cornerstones of virtually all national and international conservation strategies, set aside to maintain functioning natural ecosystems, to act as refuges for species and to maintain ecological processes that cannot survive in most intensely managed landscapes and seascapes
On the rutting behaviour of the Himalayan goral Nemorhaedus goral Hardwicke, 1825
No full textThe rutting behaviour of the Himalayan goral Nemorhaedus goral was studied in an area of the Himalayan foothills, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, from October 13 to 25, 1989. Twenty seven qualitatively different behaviour patterns were observed. Males showed a more extensive repertoire (25 patterns, 14 performed only by this sex) than did females (12 patterns, 1 of them-Reactive urination-unique). The Head butt and the Intentional head butt were the most frequently shown behaviour patterns of both sexes, and Naso-nasal contact followed. Males interacted mainly with females and usually seemed to ignore each other. Courtship activities peaked on October 22-25, when mounts were also recorded. ''Following'' was the only mating system observed. Pairs sometimes courted at short distances from each other, without eliciting any apparent aggressive reaction. No evidence of territoriality was found throughout our study period. The goral behaviour appears to be more closely related to that of Oreamnos (in quality and quantity of behaviour patterns, as well as the mating system) than to that of Capricornis
Comparison of large-angle production of charged pions with incident protons on cylindrical long and short targets.
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The use of sub-optimal meadows by Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) due to the presence of domestic and/or non-native wild ungulates.
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