Seasonal variation in diet composition and similarity of sympatric red deer Cervus elaphus and roe deer Capreolus capreolus

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-250

  Storms, David ^a   Aubry, Philippe ^a   Hamann, Jean Luc ^a   Saïd, Sonia ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^b   Saint Andrieux, Christine ^a   Klein, François ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Diet overlap; Diet similarity; Principal component analysis; Red deer; Resource partitioning; Roe deer; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 47849122180     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[237:SVIDCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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