Can we reconstruct browsing history and how far back? Lessons from Vaccinium parvifolium Smith in Rees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 201, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 171-185

  Vila, Bruno ^a   Torre, Frank ^a   Guibal, Fréderic ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^b  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Age structures; Browsing; Context dependent impact; Deer; Dendrochronology; History; Shrub; Vaccinium parvifolium

Indexed keywords

DEER IMPACT; DEER-FREE-ISLANDS;

ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; DEER; RECONSTRUCTION; SHRUB;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

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

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM PARVIFOLIUM;

EID: 4744363632     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.06.026     Document Type: Article

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