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Filtering by: Committee Member Franklin, Jerry F. Degree Level Doctoral Subject Cervidae -- Ecology -- Washington (State) -- Olympic National Park

Ecological relationships between cervid herbivory and understory vegetation in old-growth Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests in western Washington

Creator:

Happe, Patricia Jenkins

Abstract:

The relationships between black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) herbivory and understory vegetation in unmanaged forests in Olympic National Park were studied from 1985 - 1989. From 1985 to 1986 I studied the impact of cervid exclusion on shrub, fern, and forb forage quality, tannin...

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Dissertation

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also wish to thank other members of my graduate committee, Drs. Steven Sharrow and Jerry Franklin, and