Habitat manipulation modifies lek use in fallow deer

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 603-612

  Apollonio, Marco ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b   Mari, Franco ^b   Bruno, Elisabetta ^b   Locati, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; LEK; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; UNGULATE;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

DAMA DAMA;

EID: 0031875813     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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