Browsing by large herbivores on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings in mixture with ash (Fraxinus excelsior) or silver birch (Betula pendula)

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-378

  Bergqvist, Göran ^a   Bergström, Roger ^b   Wallgren, Märtha ^b  

^a Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ash; browsing; herbivores; Scots pine; silver birch; species mixture

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BROWSING; BROWSING INTENSITY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOOD PLANTS; HERBIVORES; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEVEL; REGENERATION ACTIVITY; ROE DEER; SCOTS PINE; SCOTS PINE SEEDLINGS; SILVER BIRCH; TOTAL BIOMASS;

ANIMALS; ASHES; BIOMASS; MIXTURES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

FORESTRY;

BETULA PENDULA; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84861498478     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2011.635155     Document Type: Article

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