White-tailed deer browsing and rubbing preferences for trees and shrubs that produce nontimber forest products

HortTechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-211

  Hygnstrom, Scott E ^a   Skelton, Peter D ^b   Josiah, Scott J ^a   Gilsdorf, Jason M ^a   Virchow, Dallas R ^a   Brandle, James A ^a   Jayaprakash, Anil K ^c   Eskridge, Kent M ^c   VerCauteren, Kurt C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Browse; Fruit; Nuts; Odocoileus virginianus; Rub damage; Specialty woods; Wildlife; Woody ornamentals

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA; CERVIDAE; CORNUS; CORNUS SERICEA; FORSYTHIA; FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA; GINKGO BILOBA; HEDERA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RHUS GLABRA; SALIX; SALIX ALBA; SALIX CAPREA; SALIX DISCOLOR; SALIX MATSUDANA; SALIX PURPUREA; SALIX VIMINALIS; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 68149182058     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.19.1.204     Document Type: Article

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