Deer impacts on seed banks and saplings in eastern New York

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-66

  Levine, Carrie R ^a,b   Winchcombe, Raymond J ^c   Canham, Charles D ^c   Christenson, Lynn M ^a   Ronsheim, Margaret L ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84859775798     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.019.0104     Document Type: Article

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