Isolating the effects of white-tailed deer on the vegetation dynamics of a rare maritime American holly forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-150

  Forrester, Jodi A ^a,b   Leopold, Donald J ^a   Underwood, H Brian ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CANOPY; DEER; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; HERBIVORE; ISOLATION EFFECT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ILEX; ILEX OPACA; MURIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SMILAX; SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 33748208724     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[135:ITEOWD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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