The white-tailed deer: A keystone herbivore

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-226

  Waller, Donald M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Alverson, William S ^{b,e,f,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Alternate Paths Inc   (United States)

^f SIERRA CLUB   (United States)

^g Natural Areas Association   (United States)

^h Society for the Study of Evolution   (United States)

ⁱ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^j MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^k University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^l Diversity Inventory Group

^m Botanical Society of America   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deer browse; Odocoileus virginianus; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; KEYSTONE HERBIVORE; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0030826913     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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