Population densities and habitat associations of introduced muntjac Muntiacus reevesi and native roe deer Capreolus capreolus in a lowland pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 224-238

  Hemami, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Watkinson, A R ^b   Dolman, P M ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deer management; Faecal pellet decay rates; Forest fragmentation; Fragmentation nutrition hypothesis; Pellet group counts; Population density estimation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DEER MANAGEMENT; FAECAL PELLET DECAY RATES; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION-NUTRITION HYPOTHESIS; PELLET-GROUP COUNTS; POPULATION DENSITY ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

DEER; FECAL PELLET; FRAGMENTATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PINUS; SENSITIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; MUNTIACUS REEVESI; RUBUS;

EID: 24944568791     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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