Initial effects of brush cutting and shoot removal on willow browse quality

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 566-573

  Rea, Roy V ^a,b   Gillingham, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage; Moose; Plant response; Salix scouleriana; Silviculture; Ungulate; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CLIPPING; DECIDUOUS TREE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TANNIN; UNGULATE;

SALIX; SALIX SCOULERIANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 36749062566     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-218R3.1     Document Type: Article

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