Species selection – A fundamental silvicultural tool to promote forest regeneration under high animal browsing pressure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 408, Issue , 2018, Pages 67-74

  Burney, Owen T ^a,b   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal browse; Ecological restoration; Fertilization; Foliar chemistry; Forest regeneration; Mine reclamation; Tannins

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; LAND RECLAMATION; METABOLITES; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEED; TANNINS;

ANIMAL BROWSE; BLACK CHERRIES; BROWSING PRESSURES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FERTILISATION; FOLIAR CHEMISTRY; FOREST REGENERATION; MINE RECLAMATION; SPECIES SELECTION; TREE SPECIES;

ANIMALS;

ABANDONED MINE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; LAND RECLAMATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; TANNIN; TREE;

ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; MINING; NUTRIENTS; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 85032360033     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.037     Document Type: Article

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