Effects of chronic herbivory and historic land use on population structure of a forest perennial, Trillium catesbaei

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-450

  Jenkins, Michael A ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^b   Rock, Janet H ^a  

^a Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Deer browse; Demography; Herbaceous vegetation; Population density; Primary forest; Southern appalachians; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM CATESBAEI;

EID: 46049085007     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2007.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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