Vol. 63 No. 5 (2008):
Forest Culture and Perspectives

Deer in forest

Paolo Casanova
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Forestali, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Anna Memoli
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Forestali, Università degli Studi di Firenze.

Published 2008-10-24

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Abstract

The deer is a wild animal very adaptable from the alimentary point of view but not as far as habitat is concerned.
This last factor has conditioned and still conditions in a negative way its propagation in peninsular Italy. Together with the various technical contrivances to create a favorable habitat for the wild animals, the authors point out that the main difficulty to overcome is often due to a culture not suitable for the rational management of natural resource, which is typical of large areas of public opinion, with some good exceptions.