Capercaillie habitat, diet and management in a Sitka spruce plantation in central Scotland

Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 372-388

  Picozzi, N ^a   Moss, R ^a   Catt, D C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; CYPERACEAE; ERICACEAE; PINACEAE; TETRAO UROGALLUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

CAPERCAILLIE; DIET; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PLANTATION; SITKA SPRUCE;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, KEILLOUR FOREST;

EID: 0030303117     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/69.4.373     Document Type: Article

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