The diets of introduced rusa deer (cervus timorensis russa) in a native sclerophyll forest and a native rainforest of new caledonia

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-126

  De Garine Wichatitsky, M ^a,b   Soubeyran, Y ^a   Maillard, D ^c   Duncan, P ^d  

^a Institut Agronomique neo Caledonien   (New Caledonia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cervidae; Cervus timorensis russa; Diet; Herbivore impacts; Introduced ungulates; Native plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEER; DIET; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS TIMORENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 22944480605     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9518403     Document Type: Article

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