Hind foot length: An indicator for monitoring roe deer populations at a landscape scale

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-358

  Zannèse, Audrey ^a,f   Baïsse, Alain ^b,h   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c,g   Hewison, A J Mark ^a   Saint Hilaire, Karine ^d,h   Toïgo, Carole ^e   Van Laere, Guy ^e   Morellet, Nicolas ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs du Tarn   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d Fédération Régionale des Chasseurs Midi Pyrénées   (France)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs du Tarn ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Body size; Capreolus capreolus; Ecological indicator; France; Hind foot length; Linear models; Population monitoring; Roe deer; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDEX METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TARN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 33745596802     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[351:HFLAIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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