Forest edge creates small-scale variation in reproductive rate of sika deer

Population Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-120

  Miyashita, Tadashi ^a   Suzuki, Maki ^a   Ando, Daisuke ^a   Fujita, Go ^a   Ochiai, Keiji ^b   Asada, Masahiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Density dependence; Food availability; Habitat management; Landscape structure; Vital rate

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GIS; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

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

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 37549049030     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0068-y     Document Type: Article

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