Deer prevent western redcedar (Thuya plicata) regeneration in old-growth forests of Haida Gwaii: Is there a potential for recovery?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3973-3979

  Stroh, Noémie ^a   Baltzinger, Christophe ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deer browsing; Enclosures; Forest composition; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; WOOD;

DEER BROWSING; FOREST COMPOSITION; TREE REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODY PLANT;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GROWTH; SEEDLINGS; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 44649187874     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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