Seasonal change in browsing by sika deer on hinoki cypress trees on Mount Takahara, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-364

  Ueda, Hironori ^a,c   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a   Takarashi, Yasunori ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tochigi Prefectural Citizens' Park Management Office   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^d Department of Forestry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Browsing; Food availability; Hinoki cypress; Preferred food plants; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; HERBIVORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

ANTRODIA CARBONICA; ANTRODIA HETEROMORPHA; ANTRODIA MALICOLA; ANTRODIA SERIALIS; ANTRODIA SINUOSA; ANTRODIA VAILLANTII; CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS; HETEROMORPHA; MYXOGASTRIA; POLYPORACEAE; SASA;

EID: 0041474626     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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