Size and composition of white-tailed deer groups in a tropical dry forest in mexico

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Mandujano, S ^a   Gallina, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Group composition; Group size; Odocoileus virginianus sinaloae; Tropical dry forest; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0030468545     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522916     Document Type: Article

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