Predictors of white-tailed deer grazing intensity in fragmented deciduous forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1076-1085

  Augustine, David J ^a,b   Jordan, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Grazing; Maple basswood forest; Native plant conservation; Odocoileus virginianus; Understory forbs; Ungulate herbivory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; GRAZING PRESSURE; PREDICTION; UNGULATE;

MINNESOTA; USA;

ACER; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MALVACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031855104     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802560     Document Type: Article

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