Sika deer (Cervus nippon) lekking in a free-ranging population in Northern Austria

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Šustr, Pavel ^a   Janovský, Petr ^a   Bertagnoli, Josef ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Lek; Lekking; Sika deer; Territory

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DEER; LEK; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRIA;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 0037248685     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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