American chestnut past and future: Implications of restoration for resource pulses and consumer populations of eastern u.s. forests

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-497

  Dalgleish, Harmony J ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castanea dentata; Eastern oak forest; Mast; Population dynamics; Reintroduction; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANNUAL VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL;

CARPINUS; CASTANEA DENTATA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; LYMANTRIA; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84862144824     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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