Long-term habitat use and browsing by deer in a Caledonian pinewood

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Palmer, S C F ^a   Broadhead, J E ^b   Ross, I ^c   Smith, D E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Brooks House ^*

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Faeces; Habitat use; Landscape; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; FAECES; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; FECES; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; PINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34047236733     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.061     Document Type: Article

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