Optimizing the sampling effort to evaluate body condition in ungulates: A case study on red deer

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-71

  Santos, João P V ^a,b   Fernández De Mera, Isabel G ^a,c   Acevedo, Pelayo ^d,e   Boadella, Mariana ^a   Fierro, Yolanda ^a   Vicente, Joaquín ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical approaches; Body condition; Cervus elaphus; Kidney fat index; Perirenal fat; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BODY CONDITION; CERVUS ELAPHUS; KIDNEY FAT; PERIRENAL FAT; SAMPLING EFFORTS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

BIOMONITORING; BODY CONDITION; DATA SET; DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAT; HERBIVORE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLING; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84875185429     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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