Effects of snow depth on food and habitat selection by roe deer Capreolus capreolus along an altitudinal gradient in south-central Norway

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-33

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Bjørnsen, Bjørn Helge ^b   Østbye, Eivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Tinn Kommune   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altitude; Boreal forest; Cupreolus capreolus; Food selection; Habitat selection; Roe deer; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; BRYONIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES; MYRTILLUS; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; USNEA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0030746064     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1997.004     Document Type: Article

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