White-tailed deer herbivory and timber harvesting rates: Implications for regeneration success

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1067-1072

  Miller, Brad F ^a   Campbell, Tyler A ^b   Laseter, Benjamin R ^c   Ford, W Mark ^d   Miller, Karl V ^e  

^a ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c Fish and Wildlife Associates Incorporated   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegheny hardwood northern hardwood; Browse preferences; Herbivory; Odocoileus virginianus; Regeneration; Timber harvesting; West Virginia; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ALLEGHENY HARDWOOD-NORTHERN HARDWOOD; BROWSE PREFERENCES; HERBIVORY; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; REGENERATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; WEST VIRGINIA; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); OCEAN HABITATS; TIMBER;

ECOLOGY;

BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; FORAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; INHIBITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; LUMBER; QUERCUS RUBRA; REFORESTATION; VIRGINIA;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 68949131101     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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