The role of moose as a disturbance factor in managed boreal forests

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-67

  Edenius, Lars ^a   Bergman, Margareta ^a   Ericsson, Göran ^a   Danell, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Boreal forest; Disturbance; Forestry; Herbivory; Large ungulates; Management; Monitoring; Moose

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; ECOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; HARVESTING; PRODUCTION; TIMBER; WOOD;

POPULATION DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036096603     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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