Spatial variation of summer diet of red deer Cervus elaphus in the eastern Swiss Alps

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Suter, Werner ^a   Suter, Ursula ^a,b,c   Krüsi, Bertil ^a   Schütz, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Browsing; Cervus elaphus; Diet; Faecal pellet analysis; Grazing; Red deer; Selectivity; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFERALES; ERICA; ERICA CAMEA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842509241     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.008     Document Type: Article

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