Regional-scale assessment of deer impacts on vegetation within western Connecticut, USA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1257-1263

  Rutherford, Angela C ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut; deer damage; deer overabundance; deer population control; deerhuman interactions; habitat fragmentation; Odocoileus virginianus; plant diversity; white tailed deer; woodlot regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77955080906     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-068     Document Type: Article

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