Can the impact of deer browsing on tree regeneration be mitigated by shelterwood cutting and strip clearcutting?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Beguin, Julien ^a   Pothier, David ^a   Prévost, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Deer browsing; Natural regeneration; Silvicultural treatments; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

BALSAM FIR; DEER BROWSING; NATURAL REGENERATION; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; MITIGATION; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

ABIES AMABILIS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; FORESTRY;

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

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 56449127683     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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