Spatial structure of roe deer populations: Towards defining management units at a landscape scale

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1087-1097

  Zannèse, Audrey ^a   Morellet, Nicolas ^a   Targhetta, Chiara ^b   Coulon, Aurélie ^a   Fuser, Simonetta ^b   Hewison, A J Mark ^a   Ramanzin, Maurizio ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Animali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Environmental heterogeneity; Genetic structure; Jaw length; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

DEER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BELLUNO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33750520157     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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