Food-niche relationships within a guild of alpine ungulates including an introduced species

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Bertolino, S ^a   Di Montezemolo, N C ^a   Bassano, B ^b  

^a DIVAPRA Dept of Protect and Exploitation of Agricultural Resources Entomology and Zoology   (Italy)

^b Gran Paradiso National Park ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Introduced species; Italian Alps; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEER; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; GUILD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NICHE; RESOURCE USE; RUMINANT; SYMPATRY; UNGULATE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOVIDAE; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; UNGULATA;

EID: 58149127367     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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