Can we reconstruct deer browsing history and how? Lessons from Gaultheria shallon Pursh

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-162

  Vila, Bruno ^a   Guibal, Frédéric ^a   Torre, Franck ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Age structures; Deer browsing history; Gaultheria shallon Pursh; Morphological characteristics; Negative abrupt growth change

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BROWSING; DEER;

CERVIDAE; GAULTHERIA; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS;

EID: 18044392083     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005007     Document Type: Article

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