Protecting forest trees and their seed from wild mammals: a review of the literature

M.A. Radwan

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Protecting forest trees and their seed from wild mammals: a review of the literature

Informally Refereed

Authors:

M.A. Radwan

Year:

1963

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-6. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 30 p

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Abstract

An extensive literature'points to wild mammals as agents that may seriously reduce the productive capacity of forests and in many ways, interfere with efforts to grow valuable trees. While the loss of forest values is not a new problem, it has been brought into sharper focus through better identification of the various kinds of mammal-caused injuries and by improved survey, techniques. These latter actions have been spurred by the high values now attached to forest products I consequent emphasis on early regeneration of timber stands.

Keywords

mammal population, trapping, shooting, poison, bait, protecting forest, seed

Citation

Radwan, M.A. 1963. Protecting forest trees and their seed from wild mammals: a review of the literature. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-6. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 30 p.