Diet diversity of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Arceo, Gloria ^a   Mandujano, Salvador ^a   Gallina, Sonia ^a   Perez Jimenez, Luis Alfredo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diet diversity; Mexico; Odocoileus virginianus; Seasonal variation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 22344450948     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.014     Document Type: Article

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