Density of red and roe deer and their distribution in relation to different habitat characteristics in a floodplain forest

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Prokešová, Jarmila ^a,b   Barančeková, Miroslava ^a,b   Homolka, Miloslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abundance; Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Habitat selection; Woodland

Indexed keywords

DEER; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOOD; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RUBUS;

EID: 33646365886     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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