Ecological sexual segregation in fallow deer (Dama dama): A multispatial and multitemporal approach

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1747-1759

  Ciuti, Simone ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dama dama; Fallow deer; Scale; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FALLOW; GRASS; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SAN ROSSORE NATURAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA;

EID: 50249184700     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0603-7     Document Type: Article

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