Growth and development of silver birch, pedunculate oak and beech as affected by deer browsing

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Van Hees, A F M ^a   Kuiters, A T ^a   Slim, P A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Biomass distribution; Height; Regeneration; Sapling abundance

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; FAGUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0030292826     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03809-1     Document Type: Article

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