Behavioral interactions between axis and fallow deer at high-value food patches

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-367

  McGhee, Jay D ^a,b   Baccus, John T ^a  

^a Texas State University San Marcos   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIS (DEER); CERVIDAE; CERVUS AXIS; DAMA DAMA;

EID: 33749347304     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[358:BIBAAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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