Trial release of Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus in the Dafeng Reserve, China

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-199

  Hu, Huijian ^a,b   Jiang, Zhigang ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Behaviour; China; Elaphurus davidianus; Habitat selection; P re David's Deer; Reintroduction; Trial release

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEER; HABITAT SELECTION; REINTRODUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ELAPHURUS; ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS;

EID: 4544227877     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000273     Document Type: Article

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