Effect of pocket gophers on aspen regeneration

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 752-759

  Coggins, Stacey T ^a   Conover, Michael R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Cervus canadensis; Deer; Elk; Herbivory; Odocoileus hemionus; Pocket gophers; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS CANADENSIS; GEOMYIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; THOMOMYS; UNGULATA;

EID: 23744452043     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0752:EOPGOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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