Habitat structure, female distribution, and fallow deer Dama dama mating stands

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Fur, Cheryl Jones ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fallow deer; Habitat structure; Mating territory

Indexed keywords

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; DAMA; DAMA DAMA;

EID: 0031719775     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.014     Document Type: Article

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