Ungulate herbivory of boreal and temperate forest regeneration in relation to seedling mineral nutrition and secondary metabolites

New Forests

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 753-768

  Burney, Owen T ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Forest regeneration; Herbivory; Resource allocation; Secondary metabolites; Terpenes; Ungulate behavior

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; FOREST REGENERATION; HERBIVORY; SECONDARY METABOLITES; UNGULATE BEHAVIOR;

METABOLITES; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERPENES;

SEED;

BOREAL FOREST; BROWSING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; HERBIVORY; MINERAL; NUTRITION; PALATABILITY; REGENERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEEDLING; STARVATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOXICITY; UNGULATE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84884817334     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9381-9     Document Type: Article

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