Relationships between wild ungulates density and crop damage in Hungary

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-359

  Bleier, Norbert ^a   Lehoczki, Róbert ^a   Újváry, Dóra ^a   Szemethy, László ^a   Csányi, Sándor ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cultivated plants; Human wildlife conflicts; Landscape structure; Red deer; Roe deer; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; CULTIVATION; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAIZE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

HUNGARY;

CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866469982     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: 21903743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-012-0082-0     Document Type: Article

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