Defecation of sika deer, Cervus nippon

Mammal Study

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 143-150

  Horino, Shin Ichi ^a   Nomiya, Haruto ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defecation rate; Fecal water content; Large scale deer enclosure; Number of fecal pellets; Pellet count method

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 77951006368     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/1348-6160-33.4.143     Document Type: Article

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