Resource use by red deer in lowland nonnative forests, Hungary

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 879-888

  Mátrai, Katalin ^a   Szemethy, László ^a   Tóth, Péter ^a   Katona, Krisztián ^a   Székely, János ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Browse cluster; Cervus elaphus; Core area; Diet; Feces analysis; Hungary; Line transect sampling; Nonnative forest; Red deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; RESOURCE USE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALFOLD; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CELTIS; CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12144267302     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0879:RUBRDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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