Moose foraging in the temperate forests of Southern New England

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Faison, Edward K ^a,b   Motzkin, Glenn ^a   Foster, David R ^a   McDonald, John E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Highstead   (United States)

^c US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CONIUM; PINUS STROBUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77950195891     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.017.0101     Document Type: Article

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