Grazed wood-pasture versus browsed high forests: Impact of ungulates on forest landscapes from the perspective of the Białowieża Primeval Forest

Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals: A European Perspective on Woodlands and Grazed Treescapes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 143-162

  Samojlik, Tomasz ^a   Kuijper, Dries ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

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EID: 84888775572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203102909     Document Type: Chapter

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