The composition of the autumn and winter diets in two Polish populations of fallow deer

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-546

  Borkowski, Jakub ^a   Obidziński, Artur ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Dama dama; Food composition; Poland

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; DEER; DIET; FORAGE; HERBIVORE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA; DAMA DAMA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642546570     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192499     Document Type: Article

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