Summer Habitat Use by Mountain Sheep
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 50 (2) , 331-336
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3801923
Abstract
Summer habitat use by mountain sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) was examined in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness (PRW), Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, during 1982 and 1983. Diurnal sheep activity was concentrated in areas ≤50 m of escape terrain. Sheep selected nonprecipitous open oak (Quercus spp.) woodland associations. Slopes of 59-79% and elevations of 1,098-1,341 m were selected on upper slopes of drainages or on the tops of ridges or mountains. Ewe-juvenile groups selected more precipitous areas than ram groups and mixed groups. Groups with lambs used steeper and lower areas than groups without lambs.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Bighorn sheep in winter: do rams maximize reproductive fitness by spatial and habitat segregation from ewes?Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1977