Deer Browsing Increases Stem Slenderness and Crown Irregularity and Modifies the Effects of Light Gradients on Architecture of Forest Tree Saplings.

Ecol Evol · 2025 · PMC11745818 · PMID 39834681

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Instead of decreasing with increasing browsing pressure, as we expected, H/D exhibited an increasing trend, which was the strongest in the case of tall saplings.

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