Relative impact of browsing by red deer on mixed coniferous and broad-leaved seedlings - An enclosure-based experiment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 302-313

  Pepin D ^a   Renaud, P C ^a,b   Boscardin, Y ^c   Goulard, M ^a   Mallet, C ^b   Anglard, F ^b   Ballon, P ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Deer browsing impacts; Enclosure; Natural regeneration; Seedling; Wild cherry; Woodland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEHYDRATION; SEED;

DEER BROWSING IMPACTS; ENCLOSURE; WILD CHERRY; WOODLAND;

VEGETATION;

ABANDONED LAND; BROWSING; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEHYDRATION; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MAMMALIA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; SALIX; SALIX CAPREA;

EID: 31444442162     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.034     Document Type: Article

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