Effects of abundant white-tailed deer on vegetation, animals, mycorrhizal fungi, and soils

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 320, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-49

  Shelton, Angela L ^a   Henning, Jeremiah A ^a,b   Schultz, Peggy ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central hardwood forests; Community effects; Deer browsing; Odocoileus virginianus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FUNGI; HARDWOODS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; CENTRAL HARDWOODS REGIONS; COMMUNITY EFFECTS; DEER BROWSING; HARDWOOD FORESTS; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; DEER; EARTHWORM; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MYCORRHIZA; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEEDLING; SHRUB; TICK; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; HARDWOODS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL; USA;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896272002     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.026     Document Type: Article

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