White-tailed deer impact on the vegetation dynamics of a northern hardwood forest

Agriculture & Biology

• hardwood forests 90%
• Odocoileus virginianus 89%
• deer 76%
• vegetation 53%
• Fagus grandifolia 24%
• Acer rubrum 22%
• thinning (plants) 18%
• browsing 15%
• Acer pensylvanicum 15%
• wildlife habitats 11%
• Betula 9%
• species diversity 6%
• Prunus serotina 6%
• clearcutting 5%
• Rubus 5%
• forage production 5%
• Acer 5%
• Cyperaceae 4%
• small mammals 4%
• ferns and fern allies 4%
• trajectories 4%
• plant development 3%
• species richness 3%
• grasses 3%
• seedlings 2%
• birds 2%
• crops 2%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Deer 100%
• Forests 85%
• Acer 46%
• Fagus 28%
• Betula 11%
• Ecosystem 8%
• Prunus avium 7%
• Ferns 6%
• Plant Development 6%
• Seedlings 6%
• Rubus 6%
• Poaceae 4%
• Birds 4%
• Mammals 3%
• Pressure 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• vegetation dynamics 82%
• deer 76%
• clearcutting 18%
• thinning 15%
• browsing 14%
• vegetation 11%
• wildlife habitat 9%
• trend 7%
• sedge 5%
• small mammal 4%
• fern 4%
• habitat quality 4%
• forage 4%
• seedling 4%
• harvest 3%
• grass 3%
• species richness 3%
• bird 3%
• trajectory 3%
• crop 2%
• damage 2%
• effect 1%
• experiment 1%