Variations in adult body mass in roe deer: The effects of population density at birth and of habitat quality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1492, 2002, Pages 747-753

  Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Van Laere, Guy ^a   Duncan, Patrick ^a   Kjellander, Petter ^a   Liberg, Olof ^a   Delorme, Daniel ^a   Maillard, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Cohort variation; Delayed density dependence; Habitat quality; Long term monitoring; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; FAGUS; QUERCUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 41049089022     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1791     Document Type: Article

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