Fallow deer  (Dama dama)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Deciduous: a plant that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season.

References

  1. Integrated Taxanomic Information System (March, 2008)
    http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt
  2. British Deer Society Fact Sheet (March, 2008)
    http://www.bds.org.uk/fallow.html
  3. Macdonald, D.W. and Tattersall, F.T. (2001) Britain's mammals- the challenge for conservation.The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University, Oxford.
  4. The Deer Act 1991. DEFRA (March, 2008)
    http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/vertebrates/deer.htm
  5. United Nations Treaty Collection: Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (March, 2008)
    http://untreaty.un.org/unts/60001_120000/9/30/00017489.pdf
  6. The Invasive Alien Species Project. Fact Sheet: Dama dama (November, 2002)
    http://138.253.199.114/IAAP%20Web/IAAPwebsite/Terranimintro.asp?ID=14
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