#  From One Animal to an Ecosystem 

 





June 21, 2019

 

 

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 At 45 pounds and just over two feet tall, adult European roe deer are much smaller than American deer and closer in size to a greyhound. And unlike their cousin species, red deer or elk, roe deer like to be solitary, spending most of their lives within a range of one square kilometer. PhD student, **Nathan Ranc** (Paul Moorcroft lab) want to know the reason for this mystery. In the Alps of northern Italy, Nathan and colleagues are trying to build a model that explains the factors determining why particular deer choose to live where they do. His work with roe deer is covered in the July-August 2019 issue of *[Harvard Magazine](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/07/deer-habitats-ecology)*

#####  Image: A European roe deer courtesy of Nathan Ranc



 

 

 



 

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