Habitat use of large ungulates in northeastern Germany in relation to forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-296

  Heinze, Eric ^a   Boch, Steffen ^b   Fischer, Markus ^b,d   Hessenmöller, Dominik ^c   Klenk, Bernd ^a   Müller, Jörg ^d   Prati, Daniel ^b   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^c   Seele, Carolin ^c   Socher, Stephanie ^b   Halle, Stefan ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Browsing damage; Faecal pellet group count; Forest management; Large ungulates

Indexed keywords

BEECH FOREST; BROWSING DAMAGE; CONIFEROUS TREES; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREES; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FAECAL PELLET; FAECAL PELLET GROUP COUNT; FOOD RESOURCES; FOREST LANDSCAPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST REGENERATION; GERMANY; HABITAT USE; HIGH QUALITY; LARGE UNGULATES; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PINE FOREST; PINE STAND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROE DEER; TREE COVER; TREE DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY COVER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLY; PELLETIZING;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BROWSING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD SUPPLY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; HUNTING; LANDSCAPE; MATURATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGENERATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAPLING; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNGULATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PELLETING; REFORESTATION;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CONIFERALES; DAMA DAMA; FAGUS; RUBUS; UNGULATA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 78649445890     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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