Vegetative legacy of a protected deer herd in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-136

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

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer browse; Exclosure; Exotic species; Herbivory; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEER; HERBIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33646144012     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[126:VLOAPD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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