Long-term response of spring flora to chronic herbivory and deer exclusion in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-307

  Webster, Christopher R ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^b   Rock, Janet H ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deer exclosures; Herbaceous; Herbivory; Lily; Spring flora; Trillium; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FLORA; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORY;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM;

EID: 20444385116     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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