Regeneration failure in Atlantic oakwoods: The roles of ungulate grazing and invertebrates

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 192, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 251-265

  Palmer, S C F ^a   Mitchell, R J ^a   Truscott, A M ^a   Welch, D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betula; Browsing; Corylus; Deer; Invertebrates; Quercus; Regeneration; Sheep; Sorbus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

INVERTEBRATES; REGENERATION FAILURE; TREE CANOPY; UNGULATE GRAZING;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETULA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; INVERTEBRATA; OVIS ARIES; QUERCUS; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1942478638     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.01.038     Document Type: Article

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