The impact of mast years on seedling recruitment following canopy thinning and deer fencing in contrasting northeastern U.S. coastal forests

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-390

  Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carya; Climate; Deer browse; Drought; Mast seedlings; Quercus; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899800734     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00035.1     Document Type: Article

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