Mice and voles prefer spruce seeds

Herschel G. Abbott; Arthur C. Hart

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Mice and voles prefer spruce seeds

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Herschel G. Abbott, Arthur C. Hart

Year:

1961

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-153. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-12

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Abstract

When spruce-fir stands in the Northeast are cut, balsam fir seedlings often predominate in the regeneration that follows. Most landowners would prefer to have the spruce; but they do not get it, and they wonder why.

Citation

Abbott, Herschel G.; Hart, Arthur C. 1961. Mice and voles prefer spruce seeds. Station Paper NE-153. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-12