Effects of mammal and insect herbivory on population dynamics of a native Californian thistle, Cirsium occidentale

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-421

  Palmisano, Steven ^a,b   Fox, Laurel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Heterogeneity; Plant dynamics; Plant animal interactions; Thistles

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIAN DUNE THISTLE; HERBIVORY; INSECT HERBIVORE; MAMMALIAN HERBIVORE;

ASTERACEAE; CIRSIUM OCCIDENTALE; CIRSIUM OCCIDENTALS; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PYRALIDAE; PYRAUSTA SUBAEQUALIS;

EID: 0030807649     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050253     Document Type: Article

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