Feeding patterns of red deer Cervus elaphus along an altitudinal gradient in the Bohemian Forest: Effect of habitat and season

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Krojerova Prokesova, Jarmila ^a   Barančeková, Miroslava ^a   Šustr, Pavel ^b   Heurich, Marco ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b umava National Park   (Czech Republic)

^c BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bavarian Forest National Park; Cervus elaphus; PCA; umava National Park; seasonal and spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFERALES; FILICOPHYTA; RUBUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 77955193645     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/09-004     Document Type: Article

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