Factors influencing deer browsing damage to red spruce (Picea rubens) seedlings in coastal red spruce-balsam fir stands of southwestern Nova Scotia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 349-357

  Reyes, G ^a,b   Vasseur, L ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herbivory; One pass shelterwood; Seedling growth; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

SEEDLINGS;

ECOLOGY;

AGE STRUCTURE; DEER; FOREST COVER; HEIGHT; HERBIVORY; PEST DAMAGE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CERVIDAE; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0344065858     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00303-7     Document Type: Article

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