Does sika deer overabundance exert cascading effects on the raccoon dog population?

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-127

  Seki, Yoshikazu ^a   Koganezawa, Masaaki ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottom up trophic cascade; Higher trophic level; Indirect effect; Invertebrate; Omnivorous carnivore

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

INDIRECT EFFECTS; INVERTEBRATE; OMNIVOROUS CARNIVORE; TROPHIC CASCADES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FENCES;

BAMBOO; CANID; CARNIVORE; DEER; EARTHWORM; FORAGE; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; OMNIVORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; JAPAN; PLANTS;

CAMEROON; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; NIKKO; NORD OUEST PROVINCE; OKU; TOCHIGI;

ASTER AGERATOIDES; CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE; SASA; SASA NIPPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 84873735790     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0332-z     Document Type: Article

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