Use of tree hollows by a Mediterranean forest carnivore

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 315, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-62

  Carvalho, Filipe ^a   Carvalho, Rafael ^a   Mira, António ^a   Beja, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Forest management; Genet; Large old trees; Mediterranean landscape; Tree hollows

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

CARNIVORES; GENET; LARGE OLD TREES; MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES; TREE HOLLOWS;

FORESTRY;

CARNIVORE; DEN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; MAMMAL; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELTER; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84891958754     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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