Experimental evidence that deer browsing reduces habitat suitability for breeding Common Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-346

  Holt, Chas A ^a,b   Fuller, Robert J ^a   Dolman, Paul M ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deer impacts; Habitat selection; Home range; Luscinia megarhynchos; Territory settlement; Woodland songbird declines

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAPPING METHOD; POLYGON; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION TYPE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CERVIDAE; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERI;

EID: 77951840117     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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