Damage to beech woodlands in the Chilterns by the grey squirrel

Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-253

  Rayden, T J ^a   Savill, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PEST DAMAGE; RODENT; WOODLAND;

CHILTERN HILLS; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAROLINENSIS; FAGUS; PLATANUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 3242707947     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/77.3.249     Document Type: Article

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