Trophic cascades involving cougar, mule deer, and black oaks in Yosemite National Park

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1249-1256

  Ripple, William J ^a   Beschta, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California black oak; Cougar; Mule deer; Predation; Trophic cascades; Yosemite Valley

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; FELID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECONSTRUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGIUM; REGENERATION; SPECIES INVENTORY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PUMA CONCOLOR; QUERCUS; QUERCUS KELLOGGII; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 44149124847     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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