Long-term deer exclusion in yew-wood and oakwood habitats in southwest Ireland: Changes in ground flora and species diversity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2328-2337

  Perrin, Philip M ^a   Mitchell, Fraser J G ^a   Kelly, Daniel L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Deer grazing; Exclosure experiments; Ground flora; Long term monitoring; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

CERVUS NIPPON; DEER GRAZING; EXCLOSURE EXPERIMENTS; GROUND FLORA; LONG TERM MONITORING; TAXUS BACCATA;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PARKS;

WOOD;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; FERN; FLORISTICS; GENERALIST; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROUND COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; IRELAND; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXUS BACCATA; WOOD;

COUNTY KERRY; IRELAND; KILLARNEY NATIONAL PARK; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; FILICOPHYTA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; ILEX; LUZULA SYLVATICA; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 80055023942     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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