Claim · model-written summary
Unbrowsed seedlings grew faster with increasing weed control.
- Taxon
- Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesiit0 - Treatment
- weed controle0
- Outcome
- seedlings that escaped browsing grew more rapidlye0
- Direction
- more rapidlye0
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Verbatim
e0“With increasing degrees of weed control, seedlings that escaped browsing grew more rapidly”
t0“Douglas-Fir”
Title
The Influence of Weeding on Growth of Browsed Seedlings in Douglas-Fir Plantations
M. E. O'Dea; M. Newton; E. C. Cole; et al. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 2000. doi:10.1093/wjaf/15.3.163
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Browsing had little effect on seedlings without weed control.
- Intervention effect Weeding enabled seedlings to grow beyond browsing reach.
- Intervention effect Weeding significantly increased net growth through escape and recovery after herbivory.
- Intervention effect Under repeated browsing, seedlings weeded for one year and two years had similar size.
- Intervention effect Seedlings at both weeding levels were larger than those in unweeded plots.
- Recommendation The authors recommend intensive postplanting weeding to protect seedlings from browsing losses.