Monitoring the effects of deer on plant abundance and diversity in old-growth coastal temperate rainforests, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia

• Main Author: McKenzie, A.
• Other Authors: HAIDA GWAII FOREST DISTRICT CAN
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: FORET VIERGE; ZONE TEMPEREE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITCHENSIS; BIODIVERSITE; GESTION DES POPULATIONS; SOUS ETAGE FORESTIER; ENCLOS; RICHESSE FLORISTIQUE; EXPERIMENTATION; ETUDE LONG TERME; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION; SITKA BLACK-TAILED DEER; EXCLOSURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; PLANT DIVERSITY; LONG-TERM MONITORING; VIRGIN FORESTS; TEMPERATE ZONES; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST UNDERSTORY; ENCLOSURE; FLORISTIC SPECIES RICHNESS; Vierge; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00028347

Overabundant deer populations are a major factor affecting forest ecosystem dynamics in many parts of North America. Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) were introduced to Haida Gwaii, a remote island archipelago in British Columbia, in the late 19th century. The mild climate, ab...