Instability and diurnal variation in size of winter groupings of field roe deer

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Marchal, Carole ^a,b   Gerard, Jean François ^a   Boisaubert, Bernard ^b   Bideau, Eric ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Office national de la chasse   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Colonization; Deer; Group dynamics; Group instability; Group size; Open habitat; Social organization; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; ROE DEER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

EID: 0031895187     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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