Long-term exclusion of folivorous mammals in two arctic-alpine plant communities: A test of the hypothesis of exploitation ecosystems

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-346

  Moen, Jon ^a   Oksanen, Lauri ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXCLOSURE; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; VEGETATION CHANGE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031869032     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546974     Document Type: Article

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