Population density and group composition of Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) in an evergreen broad-leaved forest in Yakushima, southern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 475-483

  Agetsuma, Naoki ^a   Sugiura, Hideki ^b   Hill, David A ^c   Agetsuma Yanagihara, Yoshimi ^d   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d Tomakomai City Museum   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon yakushimae; Evergreen forest; Group composition; Population density; Yakushima

Indexed keywords

DEER; EVERGREEN FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

JAPAN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 0141940782     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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