A natural experiment on the impact of overabundant deer on songbird populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Allombert, Sylvain ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Martin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird assemblages; Black tailed deer; Indirect effect; Overabundance; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; TEMPERATE FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; PASSERI;

EID: 22144489505     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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