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beech

a forest tree of the genus Fagus with glossy oval leaves, thin, smooth, greyish bark and fine-grained wood.

beech

see fagus.

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Whilst breeding in the wild is thought to relate to the amount of available beech mast (Burgess et al.

Nest box usage by old edible dormice (Glis glis) in breeding and non-breeding years

There is an acorn crop but little or no beech mast.

'Pass the crampons, I'm off to feed the pheasants'

Years with high vole densities and increased numbers of registered human hantavirus infections were preceded by years of intense coverage with beech mast (nuts of the European beech tree [Fagus sylvatica]) (10).

Multiple synchronous outbreaks of Puumala virus, Germany, 2010

However, this is the most herbivorous of the documented species and is, therefore, likely less reliant on beech mast than the others.

Assessing the responses of native small mammals to an incipient invasion of beech bark disease through changes in seed production of American beech (Fagus grandifolia)

But the trees are not from the random fall of beech mast or acorn, for these are the Nile Clumps, planted not long after Nelson's death at Trafalgar in 1805 to commemorate the exact formation of Nelson's fleet and that of his French enemies at the the Battle of the Nile, where Nelson won his great victory in 1798.

A place that represents much of what is important in the jumps game; Alastair Down travels to Wincanton, which yesterday staged its opening fixture

Feeds on hazelnuts, acorns, beech mast, tree bark, fungi, buds, leaves, shoots, flowers - will also raid birds' nests.