Seasonal and circadian changes in the home ranges of reintroduced Persian fallow deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 485-492

  Perelberg, Amir ^a,d   Saltz, David ^b,c   Bar David, Shirli ^a   Dolev, Amit ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptive kernel; Cervidae; Circadian; Dama mesopotamica; Home range; Israel; Persian fallow deer; Radiotelemetry; Reintroduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REINTRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA MESOPOTAMICA;

EID: 0042313912     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802706     Document Type: Article

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