Browse biomass production and regrowth capacity after biomass loss in deciduous and coniferous trees: Responses to moose browsing along a productivity gradient

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1639-1650

  Persson, Inga Lill ^a   Bergström, Roger ^a,b   Danell, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BROWSING; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMINANT;

ALCES ALCES; BETULA PUBESCENS; CONIFERALES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34548580566     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15946.x     Document Type: Article

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