A nutritional view of understanding and complexity in the problem of diet selection by deer (Cervidae)

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-218

  Hanley, Thomas A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET SELECTION; NUTRITION;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 0030390371     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546006     Document Type: Short Survey

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