Annual changes in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) diet in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic/Germany

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-333

  Barančeková, Miroslava ^a   Krojerová Prokešová, Jarmila ^a   Šustr, Pavel ^b   Heurich, Marco ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NP and PLA Šumava ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Faecal analyses; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFERALES; POACEAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 77952552226     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0321-0     Document Type: Article

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