Death and Taxus: The high cost of palatability for a declining evergreen shrub, Taxus canadensis

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1366-1374

  Holmes, Stacie A ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^a   Flaspohler, David J ^a   Froese, Robert E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CANOPY CONDITIONS; CANOPY GAPS; DEER EXCLUSION; GROWING SEASON; HARDWOOD FORESTS; HERBIVORY; HIGH COSTS; IN-CONTROL; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; MORTALITY; PALATABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRESSES; TRANSMITTANCE;

CERVIDAE; CONIUM; TAXUS; TAXUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 68949154398     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-064     Document Type: Article

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