Long-term effects of ungulate browsing on forest composition and structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Didion, M ^a   Kupferschmid, A D ^a   Bugmann, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclic animal populations; ForClim; Gap model; Mountain forests; Patch model; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL POPULATIONS; FORCLIM; GAP MODEL; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; PATCH MODELS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

REFORESTATION;

BROWSING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; MONTANE FOREST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCHINESS; REGENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MOUNTAINS; REFORESTATION;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 71649108838     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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