The relationship between habitat choice and lifetime reproductive success in female red deer

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-224

  Conradt, L ^a   Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Guinness, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging competition; Grazing competition; Habitat preferences; Spatial distribution; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE USE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGROSTIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; FESTUCA;

EID: 0032792901     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050851     Document Type: Article

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