Variations saisonnières du régime alimentaire du chevreuil (Capreolus capreolus) en Haute Belgique ; Seasonal variations of the diet of the Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in southern Belgium

In Belgium, information related to the deer food are quite uncommon and, as far as the roe deer is concerned, restricted to the hunting season (autumn). Our study was conducted in two areas of southern Belgium. The first, in Hotton (50°15 N, 5°27E) is a mixed oak-beech forest with a important cover of brambles. Faeces samples were collected monthly from October 1987 to September 1988. The second area, inside the Nature reserve of "Les Hautes Fagnes" (50°30N, 6°06 E; 600 m) is an old peat-bog (Eriophorum vaginatum, Molinia coerulea, Vaccinium myrtillus and V. uliginosum) surrounded by spruce pl... Mehr ...