Factors preventing the recovery of New Zealand forests following control of invasive deer

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 450-459

  Coomes, David A ^a,b   Allen, Robert B ^b   Forsyth, David M ^b   Lee, William G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE;

EID: 0041739267     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.15099.x     Document Type: Review

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