Water requirements as a bottleneck in the reintroduction of European roe deer to the southern edge of its range

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1182-1192

  Wallach, Arian D ^a,d   Inbar, Moshe ^a   Scantlebury, Michael ^b   Speakman, John R ^c   Shanas, Uri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; ECOLOGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER TURNOVER (WTO);

WATER SUPPLY;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; DRINKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REINTRODUCTION; SCRUB; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 39649091238     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-098     Document Type: Article

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