Seasonal home range shift of red deer hinds, Cervus elaphus: Are there feeding reasons?

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-258

  Szemethy, László ^a   Mátrai, Katalin ^a   Katona, Krisztián ^a   Orosz, Szilvia ^a  

^a St Stephen University   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Faeces analysis; Forest agriculture habitat; Habitat change; Nutritive quality

Indexed keywords

DEER; HOME RANGE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

HUNGARY;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0142027783     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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