Herbivory, hunting, and long-term vegetation change in degraded savanna

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2174-2183

  MacDougall, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Historical documents; Hunting pressure; Oak recruitment failure; Oak savanna

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROWSING; DEER; FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUNTING; SAVANNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 51249098718     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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