Mechanisms of functional response and resource exploitation in browsing roe deer

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 723-734

  Illius, Andrew W ^a   Duncan, Patrick ^b   Richard, Caroline ^b   Mesochina, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Functional response; Herbivore; Marginal value theorem; Patch depression; Spinescence

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; PATCH USE;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036741138     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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