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Density-dependent responses of fawn cohort body mass in two contrasting roe deer populations.
Oecologia - 1 Jan 2006
Kjellander Petter, Gaillard Jean-Michel, Hewison A J Mark
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the influence of population density on juvenile body mass in two contrasting roe deer populations, in Sweden (Bogesund) and France (Chizé), in which density was monitored for >or=15 years. We investigated the effect of population density and climatic conditions on cohort performance. We predicted that: (1) body mass of growing fawns should be sensitive to environmental changes, showing marked...
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