Ungulate herbivory on Utah aspen: Assessment of long-term exclosures

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-153

  Kay, Charles E ^a,b   Bartos, Dale L ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Decline; Deer browsing; Elk browsing; Populus tremuloides communities; Reproduction; Undergrowth

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; HERBIVORY; REGENERATION; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0034015821     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003274     Document Type: Article

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