Seedbed and canopy cover effects on balsam fir seedling establishment in Isle Royale National Park

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: McLaren, Brian E., Janke, Robert A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 1996
• Subjects: Rotten; Alces alces
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/12405; https://doi.org/10.1139/x26-088

While balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) dominated forests are vanishing from the southwest end of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, renewal of fir stands is occurring on the northeast end. We speculate that the difference is related both to severe browsing by moose (Alces alces L.), and to t...