Development of tree regeneration in fern-dominated forest understories after reduction of deer browsing

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 416-426

  De la Cretaz, Avril L ^a   Kelty, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrested succession; Betula lenta; Deer browse; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; Forest regeneration; Hay scented fern

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CULLING; FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CERVIDAE; DENNSTAEDTIA; DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA; FILICOPHYTA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; MOHRIA CAFFRORUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; STROBUS;

EID: 0036087317     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.02037.x     Document Type: Article

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