Predicting spacing behavior and mating systems of solitary cervids: A study of hog deer and Indian muntjac

Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-270

  Odden, Morten ^a   Wegge, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barking deer; Body mass; Habitat; Site fidelity; Social organization

Indexed keywords

AXIS PORCINUS; CERVIDAE; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547435753     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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