Do deer and shrubs override canopy gap size effects on growth and survival of yellow birch, northern red oak, eastern white pine, and eastern hemlock seedlings?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 267, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-143

  Kern, Christel C ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^b   Montgomery, Rebecca A ^b   Strong, Terry F ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Browse; Gap partitioning; Ground layer plant competition; Harvest created gaps; Northern hardwood forest; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BROWSE; GAP PARTITIONING; HARVEST-CREATED GAPS; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; PLANT COMPETITION; REGENERATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; REFORESTATION;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BROWSING; CANOPY GAP; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; DISTURBANCE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION; SHRUBS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CERVIDAE; CONIUM; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84855165196     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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