Does the shelterwood method to regenerate oak forests affect acorn production and predation?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 311-323

  Bellocq, M I ^a   Jones, C ^b   Dey, D C ^c   Turgeon, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Post dispersal seed predation; Pre dispersal seed predation; Quercus rubra; Regeneration by shelterwood system; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ACORN PRODUCTION; CROWN SURVEY METHOD; OAK REGENERATION; RED OAK;

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PREDATION; REGENERATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; INSECTS; MAMMALS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SHELTERWOOD;

CURCULIO; CURCULIO VENOSUS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SCIURIDAE; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11444265569     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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