Selection of hardwood saplings by European Roe Deer: Effects of variation in the availability of palatable species and of understory vegetation

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Verheyden Tixier, Hélène ^a   Duncan, Patrick ^a   Ballon, Philippe ^b   Guillon, Noël ^a   Guillon, Nadine ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; SAPLING; UNGULATE;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CARPINUS BETULUS; CORNUS SANGUINEA; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PEDUNCULATUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0031785327     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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