Habitat availability for the mule deer (Cervidae) population in a relictual oak-pine forest in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-78

  Alvarez Cardenas S ^a   Gallina, S ^b   Galina Tessaro, P ^a   Dominguez Cadena, R ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California Sur; Carrying capacity; Habitat; Mexico; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus peninsulae; Pellet group counts; Population density; Sierra de La Laguna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348225244     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539378     Document Type: Article

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