Slow responses of understory plants of maple-dominated forests to white-tailed deer experimental exclusion

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 649-662

  Collard, Amélie ^a   Lapointe, Line ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^b   Crête, Michel ^c   Lussier, Alain ^c   Daigle, Claude ^c   Côté, Steeve D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^d CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deer herbivory; Exclosure; Forest gap; Northern hardwood forests; Plant recovery; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY GAPS; DEER BROWSING; DEER EXCLUSION; EXCLOSURE; FOREST COVER; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; HERBIVORY; HIGHER LATITUDES; IN-CONTROL; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; PLANT RESPONSE; RECOVERY RATE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TREE SEEDLINGS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

HARDWOODS; RECOVERY; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; DOMINANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERB; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; RECOVERY; USA;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; CERVIDAE; ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM; MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM ERECTUM;

EID: 77954951678     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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