Planting stock type and seasonality of simulated browsing affect regeneration establishment of Quercus rubra

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 732-739

  Woolery, Phillip O ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deer browsing; Forest restoration; Nursery seedlings; Oak regeneration; Plantation establishment

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONTAINERS; REFORESTATION;

DEER BROWSING; FOREST RESTORATION; NURSERY SEEDLINGS; OAK REGENERATION; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT;

SEED;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903269655     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0492     Document Type: Article

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