Farm crops depredation by european bison (bison bonasus) in the vicinity of forest habitats in Northeastern Poland

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 530-541

  Hofman Kamińska, Emilia ^a   Kowalczyk, Rafal ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bialowieza primeval forest; Conservation management; Crop selection; Damage compensation; Seasonal migrations; Wildlife human conflict

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST AREA; FOREST HABITATS; PRIMEVAL FORESTS; SEASONAL MIGRATION; SNOW DEPTHS; THREATENED SPECIES; TOTAL COSTS; WILDLIFE-HUMAN CONFLICT;

CONSERVATION; CROPS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PREDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUMINANT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BUCKWHEAT; BUFFALO; CEREAL; CROP DEPREDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN BISON; FOREST; HAY; INCIDENCE; LUPIN; MAIZE; OAT; POLAND; RYE; STRAWBERRY; TEMPERATURE; TRITICALE; WHEAT; WINTER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BISON; CEREALS; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POLAND; TREES;

CONSERVATION; EUROPE; FARM CROPS; FORESTS; MAMMALS; POLAND;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND;

BISON; BISON BONASUS; MAMMALIA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 84866544754     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9913-7     Document Type: Article

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