Long-term effects of supplementary feeding of moose on browsing impact at a landscape scale

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 314, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-111

  Mathisen, Karen Marie ^a   Milner, Jos M ^a   van Beest, Floris M ^a,b   Skarpe, Christina ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Browsing impact; Central place foraging; Diversionary feeding; Pinus sylvestris; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BROWSING IMPACT; CENTRAL-PLACE FORAGING; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SENSITIVE HABITATS;

ANIMALS; FORESTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FEEDING;

BIRD; BROWSING; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; HERBIVORY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; DISTRIBUTION; FEEDING; FORESTRY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84890873433     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.037     Document Type: Article

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