Abstract
Assessment of the impact of ungulate browsing on tree regeneration Browsing percentage is an objective and reproducible measure of the frequency of browsing by wild ungulates on tree regeneration. However, this relative number of browsed terminal shoots accounts for little of the effective long-term influence of browsing on tree regeneration. Apart from browsing percentage, the following four factors are important for estimating the influence of browsing: the density of tree regeneration, the within-tree browsing intensity, the height growth of the tree regeneration (and thus the time needed to grow out of the reach of browsers and the browsing-induced loss of height increment), and the mortality induced by browsing. At least the first three of these factors can be obtained easily and should thus be included in future browsing inventories.
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