Damage caused by the American grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) to agricultural crops, poplar plantations and semi-natural woodland in Piedmont, Italy

Forestry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-98

  Signorile, Anna Lisa ^a   Evans, Julian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTATION; RODENT; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

POPULUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TAMIASCIURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846565369     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpl044     Document Type: Review

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