Conifer release alternatives increase aspen forage quality in Northwestern Ontario

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1320-1326

  Lautenschlager, R A ^a   Dalton, William J ^b   Cherry, Marilyn L ^a   Graham, Jeri L ^b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Aspen; Conifer release; Corylus cornuta; Digestible dry matter; Digestible protein; Fallingsnow Ecosystem; Forage; Moose; Odocoileus virginianus; Ontario; Populus tremuloides; Rubus idaeus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

FOOD QUALITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; UNGULATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORNUTA; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS CORNUTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032747554     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802850     Document Type: Article

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