Landscape structure affects food quality of sika deer (Cervus nippon) evidenced by fecal nitrogen levels

Population Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Miyashita, Tadashi ^a   Suzuki, Maki ^a   Takada, Mayura ^a   Fujita, Go ^a   Ochiai, Keiji ^b   Asada, Masahiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest edge; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat quality; Ideal free distribution; Population density; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOOD QUALITY; FOREST EDGE; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; UNGULATA;

EID: 34250795613     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0046-4     Document Type: Article

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