Physical and chemical response of understory vegetation to deer use in southeastern Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Author: Hanley, Thomas A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Ecology; Forestry; Global and Planetary Change; Carr; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x87-034; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x87-034

Biomass of understory vegetation was sampled inside and outside four 19- to 21-year-old deer enclosures in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska. Three sites were old-growth forests of western hemlock (Tsugaheterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.) –Sitka spruce (Piceasitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and one s...