Effect of felling on the distribution of rodents and their predators in a transitional mixed forest

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-321

  Sidorovich, Vadim E ^a   Solovej, Irina A ^a   Sidorovich, Anna A ^a   Rotenko, Irina I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Clearcut; Logging; Raptors; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CARNIVORE; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LOGGING (TIMBER); MIXED FOREST; RAPTOR; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; APODEMUS; ASIO OTUS; BUTEO BUTEO; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; MARTES MARTES; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; MUS; MUSTELA NIVALIS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; STRIX URALENSIS; VIPERA BERUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 48249112220     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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