Selective browsing of moose (alces alces) on birch (betula pendula) clones

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-40

  Jia, Jingbo ^a,b   Niemelä, Pekka ^a   Rousi, Matti ^a   Härkönen, Sauli ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Betula pendula; Birch clones; Feeding selection; Moose

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0030696866     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589709355381     Document Type: Article

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