Understanding the paradox of deer persisting at high abundance in heavily browsed habitats

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 122-135

  Le Saout, Soizic ^a,b   Chollet, Simon ^a,b   Chamaillé Jammes, Simon ^a   Blanc, Laetitia ^a,b   Padié, Sophie ^a,b   Verchere, Thibault ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^c   Gillingham, Michael P ^d   Gimenez, Olivier ^a   Parker, Katherine L ^d   Picot, Denis ^e   Verheyden, Hélène ^e   Martin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

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EID: 84903984655     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.13048     Document Type: Article

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54. Supplementary material (available online as Appendixwb-13-048 at ). Appendix 2-3.