Red deer in the floodplain forest: The browse specialist?

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-302

  Prokešová, Jarmila ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Czech Republic; Diet; Woodland

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVA RIVER; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POACEAE; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8744317063     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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