Who wants to live forever? roe deer survival in a favourable environment

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1197-1205

  Cobben, Marleen M P ^a   Linnell, John D C ^a   Solberg, Erling J ^a   Andersen, Reidar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Density dependence; Mortality; Program MARK; Roe deer; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOR TRONDELAG; STORFOSNA;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; HYLOTELEPHIUM TELEPHIUM;

EID: 70350365251     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0600-y     Document Type: Article

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