Predation of Eurasian lynx on roe deer and red deer in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-224

  Okarma, Henryk ^a   Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz ^a   Schmidt, Krzysztof ^a   Kowalczyk, Rafał ^a   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^a,b  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Workshop Ecol Protect Nat E   (Poland)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Kill rate; Lynx lynx; Prey selection; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CANIS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); UNGULATA;

LYNX; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RED DEER; ROE DEER;

POLAND, BIALOWIEZA FOREST;

EID: 0030613565     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.97-22     Document Type: Article

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