Seasonal home range shift of red deer in a forest-agriculture area in southern Hungary

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-556

  Szemethy, László ^a   Mátrai, Katalin ^a   Bíró, Zsolt ^a   Katona, Krisztián ^a  

^a St Stephen University   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Habitat change; Indicator species; Radiotelemetry; Ranging behaviour

Indexed keywords

DEER; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 1642505759     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192500     Document Type: Article

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