Seasonal food habits of a sika deer population in the warm temperate forest of the westernmost part of Honshu, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-157

  Jayasekara, Palitha ^a   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Food habits; Sika deer; Western Honshu

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SELECTION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

JAPAN;

CERVUS NIPPON; EURYA JAPONICA; ILEX CRENATA; OPHIOPOGON; TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM;

EID: 0034213650     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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