Habitat use and separation between red deer Cervus elaphus xanthopygus and roe deer Capreolus pygargus bedfordi in relation to human disturbance in the Wandashan Mountains, northeastern China

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-100

  Jiang, Guangshun ^a   Zhang, Minghai ^a   Ma, Jianzhang ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capreolus pygargus bedfordi; Cervus elaphus xanthopygus; Coexistence; Habitat selection; Human disturbance; Red deer; Roe deer; Spatial resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS PYGARGUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS XANTHOPYGUS;

EID: 43049106116     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[92:HUASBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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