Home range, habitat selection, and food habits of the sika deer using the short-grass community on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan

Sika Deer: Biology and Management of Native and Introduced Populations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 159-170

  Ito, Takehiko Y ^a   Takatsuki, Seiki ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79961031843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-09429-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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