Grazing effects of ungulates in a Galician oak forest (northwest Spain)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-70

  Gonzalez Hernandez M P ^a   Silva Pando, Fco Javier ^a  

^a Xunta de Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Browsing; Floristic composition; Nutritive value; Oak forest; Roe and red deer; Understorey biomass

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ERICA ARBOREA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; MYRTILLUS; QUERCUS; RUBUS; UNGULATA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0030293627     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03810-8     Document Type: Article

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