Ecological correlates of roe deer fawn survival in a sub-Mediterranean population

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1505-1512

  Raganella Pelliccioni, E ^a   Boitani, L ^a,b   Toso, S ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

AKAIKE'S INFORMATION; ROE DEER; SUB-MEDITERRANEAN POPULATION; VARIATION PATTERN;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY MASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 33846664744     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-131     Document Type: Article

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