Pellet morphometry as a tool to distinguish age and sex in the mule deer

Zoo Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Sánchez Rojas, Gerardo ^a   Gallina, Sonia ^b   Equihua, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Classification of age and sex; Discriminate function analyses; Fuzzy clustering analyses; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Pellet group

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 2442586733     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10119     Document Type: Article

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