Feeding and reproductive behaviour in fallow bucks (Dama dama)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 579-584

  Apollonio, Marco ^a   Di Vittorio, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; DAMA DAMA; DEER; FEEDING; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOPHAGIA; MALE; MATING; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA;

EID: 11244324854     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0574-0     Document Type: Article

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