Influences of herbivory and canopy opening size on forest regeneration in a southern bottomland hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 57-64

  Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Ford, W Mark ^b   Miller, Karl V ^a   Smith, Winston P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwoods; Group selection; Herbivory; Regeneration; South Carolina; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CANOPY GAP; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; REGENERATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0034212373     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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