Can disturbance create refugia from herbivores: An example with hemlock regeneration on treefall mounds

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Long, Zachary T ^a   Carson, Walter P ^a   Peterson, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer; Disturbance; Refugia; Regeneration; Tip up mounds; Tsuga canadensis; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; REFUGIA; TIP-UP MOUND; TREEFALL;

ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST; PENNSYLVANIA; USA;

TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031862653     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997303     Document Type: Article

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