Comparative ungulate dynamics: The devil is in the detail

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1425, 2002, Pages 1285-1298

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Coulson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deer; Demography; Dynamics; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037195021     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1128     Document Type: Article

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