Impact of red deer Cervus elaphus grazing on bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and composition of ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblage

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2049-2059

  Melis, Claudia ^a   Buset, Astrid ^a   Aarrestad, Per Arild ^b   Hanssen, Oddvar ^b   Meisingset, Erling L ^c   Andersen, Reidar ^a   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Røskaft, Eivin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c The Norwegian Center for Ecological Agriculture   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carabidae; Ecosystem engineer; Grazing; Norway; Red deer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; DEER; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GRAZING PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

CALLUNA; CARABIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; COLEOPTERA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 33745778949     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-2005-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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