Plant-specific response to herbivory: Simulated browsing of suppressed Balsam fir on Isle Royale

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 228-235

  Mclaren, Brian E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Alces alces; Balsam fir; Browsing; Canopy cover; Forest understory; Herbivory; Isle royale, michigan; Mixed forest; Moose; Recovery from browsing; Simulated removal experiment; Suppression; Sustainability; Tree morphology

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ALCES ALCES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINACEAE;

BALSAM FIR; BROWSING; CANOPY COVER; FOREST; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY;

USA, MICHIGAN, ISLE ROYALE;

EID: 0030417419     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265672     Document Type: Article

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