Characteristics of Sasa nipponica grassland as a summer forage resource for sika deer on Mt Ohdaigahara, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Yokoyama, Shotaro ^a   Shibata, Ei'ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Crude protein content; Habitat utilization; Mt Ohdaigahara; Sasa nipponica

Indexed keywords

CERVUS NIPPON; SASA NIPPONICA;

EID: 0031712319     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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