A record of acorn eating by sika deer in western Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-209

  Weerasinghe, U R ^a   Takatsuki, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acorn; Cervus nippon; Food habits; Yamaguchi

Indexed keywords

ACORN; DIET; STOMACH CONTENT; UNGULATE;

JAPAN;

CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 0033016703     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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