Fallow deer impacts on Wakatipu beech forest

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-94

  Husheer, Sean W ^a   Frampton, Chris M ^b  

^a New Zealand Forest Surveys   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Browsing; Dama dama; Herbivory; Nothofagus; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEER; HERBIVORY; REGENERATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; FAGUS; GRISELINIA LITTORALIS; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 23344452149     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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