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... habitat . In this severe environment , this refuge of the ice age , the habitat is simple and fragmented , tiny meadows scattered among bar- ren expanses . The mountains simply cannot support many ibex , nor , therefore , many snow ...
... habitat . In this severe environment , this refuge of the ice age , the habitat is simple and fragmented , tiny meadows scattered among bar- ren expanses . The mountains simply cannot support many ibex , nor , therefore , many snow ...
Page 118
... habitat or food pref- erences or both . How then do sheep and goats divide their habitat ? The goats - wild goat , markhor , ibex , depending on area - prefer cliffs and their immediate vicinity , whereas sheep occupy the plateaus above ...
... habitat or food pref- erences or both . How then do sheep and goats divide their habitat ? The goats - wild goat , markhor , ibex , depending on area - prefer cliffs and their immediate vicinity , whereas sheep occupy the plateaus above ...
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... habitat , raising birth rates , lowering death rates - and I collected knowledge that might serve this end . I often needed to remind myself of the basic and rather esoteric questions that my project was also expected to answer ...
... habitat , raising birth rates , lowering death rates - and I collected knowledge that might serve this end . I often needed to remind myself of the basic and rather esoteric questions that my project was also expected to answer ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young