Fallow deer and wild boar pellet group disappearance in a Mediterranean area

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1086-1094

  Massei, Giovanna ^a   Bacon, Philip ^a   Genov, Peter V ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Dama dama; Defecation rate; Fallow deer; Mediterranean; Sus scrofa; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

DISAPPEARANCE RATE; FECAL PELLET; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; UNGULATE;

MEDITERRANEAN;

APHODIUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; COLEOPTERA; DAMA; DAMA DAMA; GEOTRUPES; SCARABAEIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031872725     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802561     Document Type: Article

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