Restoring ecological balance to the British mammal fauna

Mammal Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-325

  Gorman, Martyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British mammal fauna; Community function; Energy flow; Predation; Red deer; Reintroduction; Wolves

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

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

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CASTOR FIBER; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ORYX LEUCORYX; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 36749003870     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00113.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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