Impacts of White-tailed Deer on Spring Wildflowers in Illinois, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Frankland, Faye ^a,b,c   Nelson, Thomas ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Beall Woods State Park   (United States)

^c IL Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclosure studies; Herbivory; Odocoileus virginianus; Spring flowering herbs; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BEALL WOODS STATE PARK; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARISAEMA; ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM; CARDAMINE CONCATENATA; CERVIDAE; DELPHINIUM; DELPHINIUM NUTTALLIANUM; DELPHINIUM TRICORNE; DENTARIA; HYDRASTIS; HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PHOCIDAE; POLEMONIUM REPTANS; SMILACINA; SMILACINA RACEMOSA; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM ERECTUM; TRILLIUM RECURVATUM;

EID: 1242344121     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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