Damage to saplings by red deer (Cervus elaphus): Effect of foliage height and structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-37

  Renaud, P C ^a,b   Verheyden Tixier, H ^a   Dumont, B ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Browsing; Canopy structure; Intake rate; Preference; Red deer; Sapling height

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

SAPLINGS;

ECOLOGY;

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SAPLING; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CAFETERIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; PEDUNCULATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PEDUNCULATA; SALIX CAPREA;

EID: 0042905799     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00126-9     Document Type: Article

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