Long-term influence of human presence on spatial sexual segregation in fallow deer (Dama dama)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 937-946

  Apollonio, Marco ^a   Ciuti, Simone ^a   Luccarini, Siriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fallow deer; Human disturbance; Indirect competition; Predation risk; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

DEER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA;

EID: 27244454185     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[937:LIOHPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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