Individual and interactive effects of white-tailed deer and an exotic shrub on artificial and natural regeneration in mixed hardwood forests

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Owings, Charlotte F ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a   Shields, Joshua M ^b   Saunders, Michael R ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manistee Conservation District   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Field experiment; Forest development; Herbivory; Invasive plants; Moisture stress; Natural and artificial regeneration; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031933959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plx024     Document Type: Article

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