Selection of bed-sites by roe deer Capreolus capreolus fawns in a boreal forest landscape

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Linnell, John D C ^a   Nijhuis, Patricia ^b   Teurlings, Ivonne ^b   Andersen, Reidar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Intl Agric College Larenstein   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Bed sites; Capreolus capreolus; Habitat selection; Hiding behaviour; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 0033408387     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1999.027     Document Type: Article

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