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. 2022 Nov 24;201(1):229–240. doi: 10.1007/s00442-022-05292-8

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Conceptual models of how patch utilization is driven by top-down, bottom-up forces and deer characteristics (panel A) and a model for how forest recruitment is modulated by patch utilization, light and browsing (panel B). The direction of the relationship is shown with ( +) and (−) signs