Deer browsing and shrub competition set sapling recruitment height and interact with light to shape recruitment niches for temperate forest tree species
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118134
Abstract: Abstract For temperate forests, Michigan, USA, we asked: (1) does evidence exist for a height-dependent sapling recruitment bottleneck caused by shrub layer competition and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing and, if so, (2) how do… read more here.
Keywords: deer browsing; recruitment; sapling recruitment; shrub competition ... See more keywords