Alternative strategies of space use of female red deer in a mountainous habitat

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Bocci, Anna ^a   Monaco, Andrea ^a,b   Brambilla, Paola ^a   Angelini, Llaria ^a   Lovari, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Latium Region Regional Parks Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEER; FEMALE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SPACE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 77951468275     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0106     Document Type: Article

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