Experimental test of the impacts of feral hogs on forest dynamics and processes in the southeastern US

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-553

  Siemann, Evan ^a   Carrillo, Juli A ^a   Gabler, Christopher A ^a   Zipp, Roy ^b   Rogers, William E ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Cascades National Park   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big thicket; Biological invasions; Disturbance; Exclosures; Forest regeneration; Seed predation; Soil nitrogen; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

BIG THICKET; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; DISTURBANCE; EXCLOSURES; FOREST REGENERATION; SEED PREDATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SUS SCROFA;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SEED; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERAL ORGANISM; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROUND COVER; PIG; SEED PREDATION; SOIL NITROGEN;

FORESTS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; NYSSA; NYSSACEAE; QUERCUS; SAPIUM; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TRIADICA SEBIFERA;

EID: 67649986022     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.056     Document Type: Article

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