Estimating woody browse availability for ungulates at increasing snow depths

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 348-354

  Visscher, Darcy R ^a   Merrill, Evelyn H ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^b   Frair, Jacqueline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Allometric regressions; Browse availability; Shrubs; Snow depth; Winter range

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; SNOW;

ALLOMETRIC REGRESSION; BROWSE AVAILABILITY; SNOW DEPTH; WINTER RANGE;

WOOD;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; SHRUBS; SNOW; STEMS; WOOD;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

UNGULATA;

EID: 31444435862     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.035     Document Type: Article

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