Deer herbivory as an ecological constraint to restoration of degraded riparian corridors

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-47

  Opperman, Jeff J ^a   Merenlender, Adina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus rhombifolia; Exclusionary fencing; Grazing; Mendocino County; Native ungulates; Salix spp.

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HERBIVORY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES;

ALNUS RHOMBIFOLIA; BETULACEAE; CERVIDAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS LATIFOLIA; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; SALIX LAEVIGATA; SALIX LASIOLEPIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0034066082     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80006.x     Document Type: Article

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