The effect of mollusc grazing on seedling recruitment in artificially created grassland gaps

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-246

  Hanley, M E ^a   Fenner, M ^a   Edwards, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grazing; Molluscicide; Regeneration; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; MOLLUSC; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT;

AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; CERASTIUM HOLOSTEOIDES; CHENOPODIUM POLYSPERMUM; HOLCUS LANATUS; RANUNCULUS ACRIS; RUMEX ACETOSA; STELLARIA GRAMINEA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0029752247     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328604     Document Type: Article

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