White-tailed deer: Dispersers or predators of American ginseng seeds?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-276

  Furedi, Mary Ann ^a   McGraw, James B ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 7744228332     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0268:WDDOPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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