The response of Vaccinium myrtillus to variations in grazing intensity in a Scandinavian pine forest on the island of Svanøy

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1638-1644

  Hegland, Stein Joar ^a,b   Rydgren, Knut ^a   Seldal, Tarald ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fruit production; Functional; Grazing; Herbivory; Invertebrate; Performance; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; FRUITS; PERFORMANCE;

FRUIT PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONAL; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; UNGULATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOREST; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHRUB;

FORESTRY; FRUITS; INVERTEBRATES; PERFORMANCE; PLANTS; SHRUBS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE; SVANOY;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; INVERTEBRATA; UNGULATA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 33744467057     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-132     Document Type: Article

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