Effectiveness of fencing and hunting to control Lama guanicoe browsing damage: Implications for Nothofagus pumilio regeneration in harvested forests

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 165-174

  Martínez Pastur, Guillermo ^a,b   Soler, Rosina ^a,b   Ivancich, Horacio ^a   Lencinas, María V ^a,b   Bahamonde, Héctor ^c,d   Peri, Pablo L ^b,c,d  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Mahatma Ghandi 1322   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Browsing; Exclosures; Forest harvesting; Plant quality; Regeneration growth; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; HARVESTING; SEED;

BROWSING; BROWSING DAMAGE; EXCLOSURE; FOREST HARVESTING; NOTHOFAGUS; PLANT QUALITY; REGENERATION FAILURE; REGENERATION GROWTH; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM; SILVICULTURE;

REFORESTATION;

BROWSING; FOREST; HARVESTING; HUNTING; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; UNGULATE;

CHILD; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; FOREST STRUCTURE; FREEZING; GUANACO; HEIGHT; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; UNGULATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CULLING; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEW WORLD CAMELID; PROCEDURES;

TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ISG) SOUTH AMERICA];

LAMA GUANICOE; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; UNGULATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL CULLING; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SEEDLINGS;

EID: 84949908548     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.051     Document Type: Article

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