Young conifer stands form a deer browsing refuge for an oak admixture: silvicultural implications for forest regeneration under herbivore pressure

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 136, Issue 5-6, 2017, Pages 787-800

  Borkowski, Jakub ^a   Dobrowolska, Dorota ^b   Dąbrowski, Wojciech ^c   Banul, Rafał ^a   Załuski, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alces alces) browsing; Cervus elaphus; Deer (Capreolus capreolus; Forest plantation; Forest regeneration; Oak

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

PISZ FOREST; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; WARMINSKO-MAZURSKIE;

ALCES ALCES; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; UNGULATA;

EID: 85027526788     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-017-1070-3     Document Type: Article

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