Wild red deerc (Cervus ela-phus L.) grazing may seriously reduce forage production in mountain meadows

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-53

  Marchiori, Elisa ^a   Sturaro, Enrico ^a   Ramanzin, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy farms; Forage production; Mountain; Red deer; Wildlife damages

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84863645872     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2012.e9     Document Type: Article

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