Interaction among deer browsing, hunting, and tree regeneration

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1254-1264

  Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Baltzinger, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; RECLAMATION;

HUNTING;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUNTING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0036433974     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-043     Document Type: Article

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