Yellow snow and red deer: Do urinary metabolites reflect anthropogenic influences?

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Schmidt, Karoline T ^a,c   Gutleb, Arno C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Hunting; Nutritional restriction; Protein metabolism; Snow urine; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HIPPELAPHUS;

EID: 0013360944     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682373     Document Type: Article

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