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Estimating red deer abundance using the pellet-based distance sampling method

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2015
Many European agricultural landscapes have been abandoned facilitating the comeback of large ungulates. In Portugal, the increase in red deer numbers caused local conflicts with landowners reporting economic losses in forest and agricultural plantations.
R.T. Torres   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designation of a neotype for Mazama americana (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) reveals a cryptic new complex of brocket deer species

open access: yesZooKeys, 2020
Mazama americana (red brocket deer) is the genus-type species (first species described for this genus) and the basis for the identity of other Mazama species.
Analorena Cifuentes-Rincón   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conservation Status, Decline Factors, and Strategies for Globally Endangered Musk Deer (Moschus spp.) in China 中国境内全球濒危麝属 (Moschus spp.) 物种的保护现状、致危因素及应对策略

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the status of musk deer in China, highlighting severe population declines due to illegal hunting and habitat loss, and proposes integrated conservation strategies including habitat protection, captive breeding, and law enforcement to support the recovery and sustainable management of this ecologically and economically important ...
Feng Jiang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Range extension of the Central American Red Brocket, Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) (Artiodactyla, Cervidae), in Colombia

open access: yesCheck List, 2021
Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) is a representative species of the northern Neotropics, but the geographic range limits for this species remain unclear. We report the southernmost record of M.
H. Ramírez-chaves   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconsideración de la sistemática de Cervavitus (Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) del Pleistoceno Inferior

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2011
La revisión sistemática de Cervivatus sugiere que deriva del principal clado de los cérvidos posteriores a los muntiacinos, e implica que Procervulinae, Dicrocerinae y la primeras formas de Munticiacinae serían holometacarpales, como también lo es ...
W. Dong
doaj   +1 more source

Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Industry News, 2009, Vol. 10, no. 1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Newsletter produced by Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship about the animal industry in ...

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A roe deer from the Pliocene of Hidalgo, central Mexico [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2015
Mexican Pliocene cervids are very poorly known. We report on new fossil material of the roe deer Capreolus constantini recovered from the Pliocene Atotonilco El Grande Formation of Santa María Amajac, Hidalgo (central Mexico).
Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolutionary taxonomy and conservation status of environmentally sensitive and endangered musk deer (Moschus spp.): An updated review

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This study reviews the historical taxonomic classification and evolutionary background of musk deer, clarifying long‐standing confusion in their identification. It highlights the current global distribution and conservation status of these species, emphasizing the threat posed by poaching and habitat destruction. The work aims to raise public awareness
Zhirong Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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