Understory vegetation dynamics and tree regeneration as affected by deer herbivory in temperate hardwood forests

IForest

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 837-844

  Laurent, Lisa ^a   Mårell, Anders ^a   Balandier, Philippe ^a   Holveck, Hubert ^b   Saïd, Sonia ^c  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b Office National des Forêts   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Browsing; Competition; Exclosure introduction; Forest regeneration; Plant interaction; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039730323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor2186-010     Document Type: Article

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