Large-scale reduction of ungulate browsing by managed sport hunting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1416-1423

  Hothorn, Torsten ^a   Müller, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Browsing survey; Forest regeneration; Game management; Leading shoot browsing; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

BROWSING SURVEY; FOREST REGENERATION; GAME MANAGEMENT; LEADING SHOOT BROWSING; ROE DEER;

DAMAGE DETECTION; REFORESTATION; SURVEYS;

MANAGEMENT;

BROWSING; DEER; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGENERATION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 77957013129     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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