Effects of white-tailed deer on populations of an understory forb in fragmented deciduous forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 995-1004

  Augustine, David J ^a,b   Frelich, Lee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY; UNGULATE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; GRANDIFLORUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031667986     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97248.x     Document Type: Article

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