Soil nitrogen availability, plant luxury consumption, and herbivory by white-tailed deer

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 517-524

  Tripler, C E ^a   Canham, C D ^d   Inouye, R S ^b   Schnurr, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c Sheldon Jackson College   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Fertilization; Forest dynamics; Saplings; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SAPLING; SOIL NITROGEN;

UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; ANIMALIA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CERVIDAE; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PINUS STROBUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036942197     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1046-x     Document Type: Article

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