Variation in the herd composition counts of sika deer

Population Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Kaji, Koichi ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a,c   Tanaka, Junpei ^b,d   Tanaka, Yuka ^c,e  

^a Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Wildlife Research Center   (Japan)

^e Asama Animal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Population indices; Population structure; Route count; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DEER; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 20044390778     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0200-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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