Digestive plasticity as a response to woodland fragmentation in roe deer

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Serrano Ferron, Emmanuel ^a   Verheyden, Hélène ^b   Hummel, Jürgen ^c   Cargnelutti, Bruno ^b   Lourtet, Bruno ^b   Merlet, Joel ^b   González Candela, Mónica ^d   Angibault, Jean Marc ^b   Hewison, Aidan Jonathan Mark ^b   Clauss, Marcus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Diet quality; Gastrointestinal tract; Landscape structure; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS PRODUCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WOODLAND;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 84856225399     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0872-x     Document Type: Article

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