Habitat selection by sympatric muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a lowland commercial pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 49-60

  Hemami, M R ^a,b   Watkinson, A R ^a   Dolman, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deer management; Habitat use; Muntjac; Niche overlap; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; VEGETATION;

INTER-SPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANTATIONS; SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; THETFORD FOREST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; MUNTIACUS REEVESI; RUBUS;

EID: 2942629659     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.01.049     Document Type: Article

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