Tree seedling and sapling density and deer browsing incidence on recently logged and mature non-industrial private forestlands in Virginia, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 671-677

  Carter, William K ^a   Fredericksen, Todd S ^a  

^a FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Browsing; Logging; Non industrial private forestlands; Regeneration; Sapling; Seedling; Timber harvesting; Virginia; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ADVANCE REGENERATION; BROWSING; NON INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTLANDS; TIMBER HARVESTING; WHITE TAILED DEER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BROWSING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; LOGGING; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CERVIDAE; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 34047239152     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.086     Document Type: Article

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