Food habits of sika deer on the Boso Peninsula, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-95

  Asada, Masahiko ^a   Ochiai, Keiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age variation; Cervus nippon; Food habits; Local variation; Point frame methods; Sexual variation; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

CERVUS NIPPON; LITHOCARPUS EDULIS;

DIET; SIKA DEER;

JAPAN, HONSHU, BOSO PENINSULA;

EID: 0029662441     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347823     Document Type: Article

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