Disturbance intensity and above- and belowground herbivory effects on long-term (14 y) recovery of a semiarid grassland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-233

  Coffin, Debra P ^a,b   Laycock, William A ^b,c   Lauenroth, William K ^a  

^a Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; Cattle grazing; June beetle larvae; Root feeders; Shortgrass steppe; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; SEMIARID REGION;

UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; PHYLLOPHAGA FIMBRIPES;

EID: 0031696790     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009789017151     Document Type: Article

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