Roe deer may markedly alter forest nitrogen and phosphorus budgets across Europe

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1271-1278

  Abbas, F ^a   Merlet, J ^a   Morellet, N ^a   Verheyden, H ^a   Hewison, A J M ^a   Cargnelutti, B ^a   Angibault, J M ^a   Picot, D ^a   Rames, J L ^a   Lourtet, B ^a   Aulagnier, S ^a   Daufresne, T ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATA SET; DEER; FECES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DENSITY; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE;

CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84863876721     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20103.x     Document Type: Article

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