Fertility of red deer in relation to area, age, body mass, and mandible length

Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 87-98

  Bertouille, S B ^a,b   De Crombrugghe, S A ^a,b  

^a Res Ctr for Nat Forest and Wood   (Belgium)

^b Centre de Recherche de la Nature   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass; Cervus elaphus; Fertility; Habitat quality; Mandible length; Red deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038107506     PISSN: 00442887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02192396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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