Effects of natural winter browsing and simulated summer browsing by moose on growth and shoot blomass of birch and its associated invertebrate fauna

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-74

  Den Herder, Michael ^a   Bergstrom, Roger ^b,c   Niemela, Pekka ^a,e   Danell, Kjell ^c   Lindgren, Martti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; DEFOLIATION; FIELDWORK; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT;

APHIDIDAE; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 63449142493     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0107     Document Type: Article

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