Effects of density, climate, and supplementary forage on body mass and pregnancy rates of female red deer in Spain

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Rodriguez Hidalgo, P ^a,b   Gortazar, C ^a   Tortosa, F S ^b   Rodriguez Vigal, C ^c   Fierro, Y ^d   Vicente, J ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c Centro Quintos de Mora   (Spain)

^d Yolfi Properties SL   (Spain)

^e Ciudad Real Agricultural Engineering School EUITA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Cohort effects; Density; Management; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGE; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEER; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEER; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RAIN; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77956647740     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1663-8     Document Type: Article

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