Regeneration dynamics in remnant Tsuga canadensis stands in the northern Lake States: Potential direct and indirect effects of herbivory

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-525

  Witt, Jill C ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Browse; Deer yard; Eastern hemlock; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARUM; BASAL AREA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; GENERAL TRENDS; HERBIVORY; HIGH DENSITY; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LAKE STATES; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW LEVEL; MICHIGAN; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION FAILURE; SAPLING SIZE; SEASONAL HABITATS; SEEDLING DENSITY; TSUGA CANADENSIS; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

DEBRIS; PELLETIZING;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORY; LIMITING FACTOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERSTORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY DEBRIS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CERVIDAE; CONIUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77954173911     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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