Herbivores, the functional diversity of plants species, and the cycling of nutrients in ecosystems

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-179

  Pastor, John ^a   Cohen, Yosef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HERBIVORY; MODELLING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT;

CAFETERIA;

EID: 0030758509     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1997.1327     Document Type: Article

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