Shrubs protect oak seedlings against ungulate browsing in temperate broadleaved forests of conservation interest: A field experiment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-193

  Jensen, Anna M ^a   Götmark, Frank ^b   Löf, Magnus ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Browsing; Encounter effect; Exclosure; Facilitation; Forest restoration; Quercus robur

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; ENCOUNTER EFFECT; EXCLOSURE; FACILITATION; FOREST RESTORATION; QUERCUS ROBUR;

CONSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED;

REFORESTATION;

BROWSING; CANOPY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FIELD METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNGULATE;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; QUERCUS ROBUR; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SEEDS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84255198275     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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