Importance of alternative food resources for browsing by roe deer on deciduous trees: The role of food availability and species quality

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 248-255

  Moser, Barbara ^a,b   Schütz, Martin ^a   Hindenlang, Karin E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative food resources; Deciduous trees; Food quality; Roe deer; Temperate forests; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; HERBICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

ALTERNATIVE FOOD RESOURCES; DECIDUOUS TREES; FOOD QUALITY; ROE DEER; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TREE REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE;

FOOD; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; RUBUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33645845384     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.045     Document Type: Article

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