Seasonal changes in number and habitat use of foraging sika deer at the high altitude of Tanzawa Mountains, Japan

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-106

  Borkowski, Jakub ^a,c   Furubayashi, Kengo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Habitat use; Japan; Seasonal movements

Indexed keywords

CERVUS NIPPON;

BAMBOO; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; MOUNTAIN; SEASONAL MOVEMENT; SIKA DEER;

JAPAN, HONSHU, TANZAWA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0031597619     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.98-7     Document Type: Article

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