The effects of deer browsing on woodland structure and songbirds in lowland Britain

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 119-127

  Gill, Robin M A ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CERVIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 36448945831     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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