Forty-seven year changes in vegetation at the apostle islands: Effects of deeron the forest understory

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Mudrak, Erika L ^a   Johnson, Sarah E ^a   Waller, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant community change; Taxus canadensis; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNDERSTORY;

APOSTLE ISLANDS; APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CAREX; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POACEAE; TAXUS; TAXUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 65949097477     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.029.0209     Document Type: Article

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