Slow responses of ecosystems to reductions in deer (Cervidae) populations and strategies for achieving recovery

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-166

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Kirby, Keith J ^b   Goldberg, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Plant herbivore interactions; Restoration; Science policy; Ungulates; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; ACTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMON LANGUAGES; COMMUNICATION GAPS; DEER BROWSING; DEER POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POLICY MAKERS; SCIENCE POLICIES; SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT; SEED SOURCE; SLOW GROWTH RATES; TEMPERATE REGIONS; TROPHIC CASCADES; UNGULATES; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY;

VEGETATION;

BROWSING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNGULATE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 80755168878     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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