Influence of repeated fertilization on forest ecosystems: relative habitat use by mule deer and moose

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Sullivan, Thomas P, Sullivan, Druscilla S, Lindgren, Pontus M.F, Ransome, Douglas B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Ecology; Forestry; Global and Planetary Change; Canada; British Columbia; Williams Lake; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x06-033; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x06-033

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that large-scale precommercial thinning (PCT) and repeated fertilization of young lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) stands would enhance relative habitat use by mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus Rafinesque) and moose (A...