The roe deer diet: Is floodplain forest optimal habitat?

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Barančeková, Miroslava ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Czech Republic; Forest habitat

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVIA; WORLD;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; POACEAE; RUBUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8744247408     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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