Mammalian Herbivores in the Boreal Forests: Their Numerical Fluctuations and Use by Man

Within the boreal zone, there are about 50 native mammalian herbivore species that belong to the orders Artiodactyla, Rodentia, and Lagomorpha. Of these species, 31 occur in the Nearctic and 24 in the Palaearctic. Only six species occur in both regions. Species of the family Cervidae have probably...

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Main Authors: Kjell Danell, Tomas Willebrand, Leonid Baskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 1998-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol2/iss2/art9/