Impact of deer browsing on plant communities in cutover sites on Anticosti Island

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-397

  Casabon, Christine ^a   Pothier, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Browsing; Clear cuts; High density; Plant communities; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; CLEARCUTTING; DEER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ANIMALIA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CERVIDAE; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; CORNUS; CORNUS CANADENSIS; EPILOBIUM; MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PIERIS BRASSICAE; POACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 54249165530     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-3-3123     Document Type: Article

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