Deer density affects ground-layer vegetation differently in conifer plantations and hardwood forests on the Boso Peninsula, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-158

  Suzuki, Maki ^a,d   Miyashita, Tadashi ^a   Kabaya, Hajime ^b   Ochiai, Keiji ^c   Asada, Masahiko ^c   Tange, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NPO Boso Wildlife Research Party   (Japan)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deer overabundance; Indirect positive effect; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 38149045044     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0348-1     Document Type: Article

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