Contrasting migration tendencies of sympatric red deer and roe deer suggest multiple causes of migration in ungulates

Ecosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Bischof, Richard ^b   Loe, Leif Egil ^b   Odden, John ^c   Linnell, John D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competition avoidance; Deer; Diet type; Feeding type; Forage maturation; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84898544643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00177.1     Document Type: Article

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