Ungulate impacts on herbaceous‐layer plant communities in even‐aged and uneven‐aged managed forests

Forest management and ungulate herbivory are extant drivers of herbaceous‐layer community composition and diversity. We conducted a white‐tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) exclosure experiment across a managed landscape to determine how deer impacts interact with the type of forest management system in influencing herb‐layer (all vascular plants < 0.5 m tall) species richness and composition. Our study took place 3 yr after harvest in a...