Influence of hurricane Lothar on red and roe deer winter diets in the Northern Vosges, France

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 164-169

  Storms, David ^a   Said, Sonia ^a   Fritz, Herve ^b   Hamann, Jean Luc ^a   Saint Andrieux, Christine ^a   Klein, Francois ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Deer browsing; Diet; Forest regeneration; Hurricane Lothar

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DEER BROWSING; FOREST REGENERATION; HURRICANE LOTHAR;

HURRICANES;

DEER; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT USE; HURRICANE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CLIMATES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GRASSES; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUTRITION; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE]; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POACEAE; RUBUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33751563569     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.043     Document Type: Article

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