Altitudinal variation in the diet of sika deer on the Izu Peninsula: Patterns in the transitional zone of geographic variation along the Japanese archipelago

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-93

  Kitamura, Tomoko ^a   Sato, Yoshikazu ^a   Takatsuki, Seiki ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Food habits; Geographical variation; Intraspecific variation; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BROWSING; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHUBU; HONSHU; IZU PENINSULA; JAPAN; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU];

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 77149125591     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/j.at.0001-7051.100.2008     Document Type: Article

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