Testing the effects of deer grazing on two woodland rodents, bankvoles and woodmice

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Buesching, C D ^a   Newman, C ^a   Jones, J T ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Exclosures; Habitat degradation; Inter specific competition; Jolly Seber; Myodes glareolus; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955533941     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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