Mast seeding in deciduous forests of the northern Apennines (Italy) and its influence on wild boar population dynamics

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 493-502

  Cutini, Andrea ^a   Chianucci, Francesco ^a   Chirichella, Roberta ^b   Donaggio, Emanuela ^b   Mattioli, Luca ^c   Apollonio, Marco ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Arezzo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest seed production; Game management; Pulsed resource; Silvicultural treatment; Sus scrofa L.

Indexed keywords

CANID; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; MASTING; PIG; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDING; SILVICULTURE; WILD POPULATION;

APENNINES; ITALY;

CANIDAE; CASTANEA SATIVA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS CERRIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84878698018     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0282-z     Document Type: Article

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