Autumn-winter diet overlap of fallow, red, and roe deer in forest ecosystems, Southern Poland

摘要: The wild population of fallow deer in Central Europe has grown considerably over the last decade. However, information on feeding habits this alien species relation to indigenous red or roe deer, areas their co-occurrence, is scarce. A prevailing view maintains that food-niches are distinct, although direct comparative studies have not been carried out. Therefore, aim research was compare diets fallow, red, and same habitat. Research based rumen contents 242 animals hunted autumn-winter season forests Southern Poland. analyses demonstrated moderate grazers such conditions eat more graminoids comparison (36.4% vs. 16.1% 5.5%, respectively). On other hand, it feeds less browse (17.2% 41.4%) dwarf shrubs (8.4% 19.0%) than bramble (10.9% 34.6%) forbs (4.0% 7.6%) (P=0.05). Although three differ terms proportion each food type diet, overlapping high (52.6%).