Life history strategies of aspen (Populus tremula L.) and browsing effects: A literature review

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Myking, Tor ^a   Bøhler, Fredrik ^a   Austrheim, Gunnar ^b   Solberg, Erling J ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FENNOSCANDIA; NORWAY;

POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 79951642224     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq044     Document Type: Review

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