Impact of browsing ungulates on plant cover and tree regeneration in windthrow areas

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 161-170

  Senn, Josef ^a   Wasem, Ueli ^a   Odermatt, Oswald ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Browsing; Forest regeneration; Switzerland; Ungulates; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; FOREST; REGENERATION; UNGULATE; VEGETATION COVER; WINDTHROW;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ANIMALIA; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; UNGULATA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 4043076414     PISSN: 14245108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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