Trophic utilization of a montane/subalpine forest by chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) in the Central Pyrenees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 15-23

  Garcia Gonzalez, R ^a   Cuartas, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chamois diet; Faecal analysis; Feeding habits; Forest use; Pyrenean chamois

Indexed keywords

RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA;

EID: 0030292825     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03805-4     Document Type: Article

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