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Red Deer Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758

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Handbook of the Mammals of Europe

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Abstract

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology, including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality, and behavior. The economic significance and management of mammals and future challenges for research and conservation are addressed as well. The chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal, and a list of key literature.

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We would like to thank Juan Carranza (University of Cordoba) for helpful comments on an earlier version of this chapter. For making unpublished data available we would like to thank Carranza J. (University of Córdoba, ES), Colombi D. (Regional Administration Friuli, Udine, I), Csányi S. (Szent István University, Gödöllő, H), Gaudry W. (Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Paris, F), Gervais P. and Chaland C. (Fédération de chasseur de la Charente, Puymoyen, F), Lissovsky A.A. (Lomonosov State University, Moscow, RUS), Mandas L. (Agenzia Forestas, Cagliari, I), Meisingset E. (University of Oslo, N), Mattioli L. (Regional Administration Toscana, Arezzo, I), Meneguz P.G. (University of Turin, I), Murgia A. (Agenzia Forestas, Cagliari, I), Mysterud A. (University of Oslo, N), Peters L. (University of Edinburgh, UK), Šmehyl P. (University of Agriculture, Nitra, SK), Zagorodniuk I. (National Museum of Natural History, Kyiv, UA), and Zalewski D. (University of Olsztyn, PL). Gill R.M.A. (Forestry Commission, Farnham, UK), Ratcliffe P. (Ecological Land Use Consultancy, UK), and Lovari S. (University of Siena, I) kindly commented on the paragraph on management.

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