Assessing Browsing Impact in Beech Forests: The Importance of Tree Responses after Browsing

Browsing by ungulates can affect the development of a forest stand due to selective browsing and shifts in the growth ranking between tree species. Assessing browsing impact in an objective way is difficult in patchily distributed beech forests. In systematically arranged plots near Kirchberg, Switz...

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Main Authors: Janika Kim Angst, Andrea Doris Kupferschmid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/262