Observations on the distribution and abundance of bighorn sheep in Baja California, Mexico

Observations on the distribution and abundance of bighorn sheep in Baja California, Mexico

The Baja California peninsula is an area of considerable interest for ecological investigations and conservation efforts. It supports a wide variety of marine and terrestrial fauna, including bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis ssp.). Using the Bering land bridge, wild sheep from Asia entered North Ameri...

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Veröffentlicht in:California fish and game 2012-12, Vol.98 (1), p.51-59
Hauptverfasser: Lee, R, Gallardo, R M, Zatarain, J, Escobar, J
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Sprache:eng
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Abundance
Conservation
Mountains
Ovis canadensis
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Zusammenfassung:The Baja California peninsula is an area of considerable interest for ecological investigations and conservation efforts. It supports a wide variety of marine and terrestrial fauna, including bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis ssp.). Using the Bering land bridge, wild sheep from Asia entered North America more than 70,000 years ago (Brown 1989). In Mexico, they eventually reached as far south as La Paz on the Baja California peninsula and the western mountains of Sonora, near Guaymas (Leopold 1959).
ISSN:0008-1078