Autumn-winter diet overlap of fallow, red, and roe deer in forest ecosystems, Southern Poland

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-17

  Obidziński, Artur ^a   Kiełtyk, Piotr ^b   Borkowski, Jakub ^c,d   Bolibok, Leszek ^a   Remuszko, Karolina ^c,e  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^e Forest Directorate Wielbark   (Poland)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Central Europe; Cervus elaphus; Dama dama; Feeding preferences; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; RUBUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84870377033     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-012-0108-2     Document Type: Article

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