Spatio-temporal variation in large herbivore pressure in Norway during 1949-1999: Has decreased grazing by livestock been countered by increased browsing by cervids?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-298

  Austrheim, Gunnar ^a   Solberg, Erling J ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

biogeographic regions; domestic herbivores; ecosystem management; grazing pressure; herbivory; wild herbivores

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE;

EID: 80054065547     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/10-038     Document Type: Review

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