Competitive effects on plantation white spruce saplings from shrubs that are important browse for moose

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-289

  Posner, Scott D ^a   Jordan, Peter A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Browsing impacts; Conifer release; Frost damage; Multiple resource management; Silvicultural costs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0036587474     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/48.2.283     Document Type: Article

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