Suppression of regeneration in New Zealand mountain beech forests is dependent on species of introduced deer

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 823-834

  Husheer, Sean W ^a,c   Allen, Robert B ^b   Robertson, Alastair W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c New Zealand Forest Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Browsing; Cervus elaphus; Cervus nippon; Herbivory; Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides; Red deer; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INHIBITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS NIPPON; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 33745675192     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-4011-x     Document Type: Article

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