Reproductive characteristics of female Eld's deer in their natural range in Hainan Island, China

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Song, Y L ^a   Zeng, Z G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervus eldi; China; Hainan; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATING BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE;

CHINA; HAINAN PROVINCE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELDI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038368928     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.1.47     Document Type: Article

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