Ranging behaviour and excursions of female roe deer during the rut

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Richard, E ^a   Morellet, N ^a   Cargnelutti, B ^a   Angibault, J M ^a   Vanpe C ^a   Hewison, A J M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; GPS; Home range; Roe deer; Search intensity; Spatial behaviour

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; GPS; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

EID: 46149094592     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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