Predicting intensity of white-tailed deer herbivory in the Central Appalachian Mountains

• 作 者: Andrew B.Kniowski W.Mark Ford
• 机 构: DepartmentofFishandWildlifeConservation,U.S.GeologicalSurvey
• 出 处: 林业研究：英文版
• 发表日期: 2018年3期
• 关键词: Biodiversity CENTRAL APPALACHIAN Mountains HERBIVORY Odocoileus virginianus Pred
• 基金项目: This work was financially supported by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program,Project WE99,Contract 2012-13694 to Virginia Tech.

In eastern North America,white-tailed deer(Odocoileus virginianus)can have profound influences on forest biodiversity and forest successional processes.Moderate to high deer populations in the central Appalachians have resulted in lower forest biodiversit