White-Tailed Deer Browse Preferences in a Southern Bottomland Hardwood Forest

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-82

  Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Ford, W Mark ^b   Miller, Karl V ^a   Smith, Winston P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Timberlands Division   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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EID: 0001913957     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/23.2.78     Document Type: Article

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