Pennsylvania sedge cover, forest management and deer density influence tree regeneration dynamics in a northern hardwood forest

Forestry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-254

  Powers, Matthew D ^a   Nagel, Linda M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SEDGE; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX PENSYLVANICA; CERVIDAE;

EID: 68149101489     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpp003     Document Type: Article

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