Integrating ungulate herbivory into forest landscape restoration

Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 69-83

  Rooney, Thomas P ^a   Buttenschøn, Rita ^b   Madsen, Palle ^b   Olesen, Carsten Riis ^c   Royo, Alejandro A ^d   Stout, Susan L ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Danish Hunters Association   (Denmark)

^d Northern Research Station   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b18809     Document Type: Chapter

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