Trillium grandiflorum height is an indicator of white-tailed deer density at local and regional scales

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1472-1479

  Koh, Saewan ^a   Bazely, Dawn R ^a   Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Voigt, Dennis R ^b   Da Silva, Eric ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest health; Forest management; Herbivory; Indicator species; Overgrazing; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

DEER BROWSING; DEER POPULATION; FORAGE PLANTS; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST REGENERATION; HERBIVORY; HIGH DENSITY; INDICATOR SPECIES; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LOCAL RESIDENTS; LOCAL SCALE; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MEASURING HEIGHT; ONTARIO , CANADA; PLANT HEIGHT; POPULATION DENSITIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL SCALE; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WHITE-TAILED DEER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WOODLOTS;

ANIMALS; MANAGEMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

REFORESTATION;

BIOINDICATOR; CULLING; DECISION MAKING; DEER; FORAGE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; HERBIVORY; LANDOWNER; MONOCOTYLEDON; OVERGRAZING; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 77649275402     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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