Individuals can increase their fitness by searching for mates of an appropriate quality. We here report the results of a five-year study on the behaviour of peri-estrous female fallow deer to document examples of apparent mate-searching and the context in which it occurs. Using direct observation of 266 tagged does we collected spatial and behavioural data of does and the bucks with which they ...

Some serum constituents of shot fallow deer (n = 52) in Slovenia have been studied and the means of various biochemical parameters have been determined for sex and age groups and the place where blood has been taken. The samples were taken from two hunting enclosures in Upper Carniola (Gorenjska) and Lower Carniola (Dolenjska) during the 2000/01 winter season. Recorded mean values were: asparta...

Context There is concern about potential competition between non-native fallow deer (Dama dama) and livestock for food, particularly during times of low rainfall when pasture scarce.Aims We aimed to estimate the extent which a high-density population (~37deerperkm2) competed with food severe drought on pastoral properties Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia.Methods collected rumen cont...