Heterogeneity in vertebrate and invertebrate herbivory and its consequences for New Zealand mistletoes

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 571-581

  Sessions, Laura A ^a   Kelly, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alepis; Loranthaceae; Patchiness; Peraxilla; Possum; Spatial heterogeneity; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003228658     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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