Divergent nonlinear responses of the boreal forest field layer along an experimental gradient of deer densities

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-88

  Tremblay, Jean Pierre ^a,b,d   Huot, Jean ^a,b   Potvin, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Grazing; Odocoileus virginianus; Plant herbivore interactions; Succession

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; MIMOSA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POACEAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEBEC; REPRODUCTION; TREES;

EID: 34047248456     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0504-2     Document Type: Article

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