Variation in skull morphology of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in western and central Europe

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-140

  Aragon, Santiago ^a   Braza, Francisco ^b   San Jose, Cristina ^b   Fandos, Paulino ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Roe deer; Skull morphology; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037565320     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382847     Document Type: Article

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