Do ungulates preferentially feed in forest gaps in European temperate forest?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1528-1535

  Kuijper, D P J ^a   Cromsigt, J P G M ^a   Churski, M ^a   Adam, B ^b   Jedrzejewska, B ^a   Jedrzejewski, W ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bia owie a Primeval Forest; Browsing impact; Clear cut; European bison; Forestry practices; Red deer; Reforestation; Roe deer; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

BROWSING IMPACT; CLEAR CUT; EUROPEAN BISON; FORESTRY PRACTICES; RED DEER; ROE DEER; WILD BOAR;

BIOMASS; PELLETIZING; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE;

BIOMASS; BROWSING; CLEARCUTTING; DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GAP DYNAMICS; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFORESTATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNGULATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PELLETING; REFORESTATION;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BISON BONASUS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 69049090686     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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