Feeding tactics of low-ranking red deer stags at supplementary feeding sites

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-360

  Schmidt, Karoline T ^a,b   Herbert, Hoi ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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EID: 0344457265     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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