Effects of woody debris and ferns on herb-layer vegetation and deer herbivory in a pennsylvania forest blowdown

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-469

  Krueger, Lisa M ^a   Peterson, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Recalcitrant vegetation; Slash; White tailed deer; Wind disturbance; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERN; HERB; HERBIVORY; LOGGING (TIMBER); SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; CERVIDAE; FILICOPHYTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 76749138120     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-4-3257     Document Type: Article

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